Re: Ways to use Emacs when programming C++ with Visual Studio?

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I am in the same situation. At work Windows is a must, unfortunately. We use Msvc but I am avidly a fan of GNU like things and always use emacs for all. So when I first joined I set about making emacs my ide.  Only time - like previous poster said - I use vc ide is for debugging. 

But as another poster said, it will consume time. A lot of times I have been working on a problem for work and spent a while hacking emacs to get something to work. I have needed to change some things in compile . el for instance. 

But when it's all set up its very nice. I run compilation mode through emacs etc - and with said changes to compile I can jump to the line of error etc. I use CEDET/semantic for Intellisense. Vc mode and all the rest of it. We use msys at work so that is used in shell mode.

I generally forget I am on windows because all is done on emacs whose windows I spread across two monitors and just keep at least a permanent middle split of buffers.

I would say it's worth it but expect a little annoyance and thus perseverance to hack things around to get it to work.