[DotGNU]Re: bootstrapping and CLUErs

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David Sugar wrote:

> When one talks about IDE's in general, what I have always wanted was 
> something that integrated well with existing tools and practices.  Just 
> about every IDE I have ever seen insists on it's own specially formatted 
> "project file".  What I would like is something that supports 
> autoconf/automake based build trees as we normally do them rather than a 
> foriegn project build format.  The closest I could imagine is something 
> like "maketool" combined with a simple project file that really only 
> needs to know what source files make up the project and what 
> pseudo-folder they are organized in at the developers convenience so one 
> can get a project tree view to select files to editor, and that supports 
> project options as "configure" options.

This is what I intended to say with the comment on being able to participate 
without X. I am looking for the DGDE to integrate completely with existing 
systems, thereby allowing novices and old hands to work together. I do not 
believe any current IDE meets this requirement.

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