From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: 3246251196ryan@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Ways to use Emacs when programming C++ with Visual Studio? Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:28:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6147424a-47a4-48b6-9f5f-caf542c281b0@googlegroups.com> References: <87r3xfvmtn.fsf@debian.uxu> <4dd5814e-aaf8-4c85-8b9f-b72d85112a71@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415716336 31123 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2014 14:32:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:32:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 15:32:15 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XoCUO-0001Gg-LP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:32:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49080 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoCUO-0005f4-9c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:32:12 -0500 X-Received: by 10.50.128.167 with SMTP id np7mr25098274igb.2.1415716135495; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:28:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.34.14 with SMTP id k14mr24773qgk.8.1415716135462; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:28:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!r10no1432095igi.0!news-out.google.com!u1ni2qah.0!nntp.google.com!u7no836538qaz.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=194.39.218.10; posting-account=yK8oPQoAAAA1qIT_h_OI91dtN6mGEacV Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.39.218.10 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:28:55 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:208616 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100894 Archived-At: On Monday, 10 November 2014 10:44:15 UTC, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: > 3246251196ryan@gmail.com writes: > > > 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. > > Its promising that Emacs can be and is used in Windows/MSVS teams, > thanks for sharing your experiences. I'm definitely prepared to invest > some time and effort in this, I only have to find out if its considered > acceptable to 'do your own thing' instead of adapting to the > "environment". > > -- > cheers, > Thorsten There are people here who are no doubt have way more experience than me with Emacs. But if you have any questions regarding setting up emacs on windows, ask here