Yes, all decent IDEs have file search command. But Emacs got SEARCH:
- You can search for all files that contain given string and then open the search results and modify occurrences using multiple cursors and then save it, and it will propagate changes in multiple files;
- You can recursively search for file names, then (for example) mark those that are bigger than 15Mbs, or files that were edited last time in March, and then tell Emacs to show git-log of changes, but only related to those files;
- You can search for a pattern, but also tell it to display it with a context (for example 4 lines before and after the occurrence);
- You can recursively search for a filename pattern, and then among those that you find, you can rename those that match a regexp;
- You can git-grep for a file that was deleted in the repo;
- You can find all the compilation/linting errors and warnings in the code for a given project;
And guess what? All that works the same way for remote machines. You can use the search on a remote computer and open files, just like it was a local machine. Heck, you can even search and open files inside Docker containers.
You think I'm done here? I haven't even talked about searching for stuff using Org-mode.
Seriously, whenever there's an argument about IDEs vs. Emacs - Emacs just beats the shit out of any. "But it doesn't support re-factoring... bleh-bleh." Like everyone who seriously uses Emacs really doing it because they hate refactoring or something. Emacs has better tools and a myriad of ways to deal with code.
Yes, all decent IDEs have file search command. But Emacs got SEARCH:
- You can search for all files that contain given string and then open the search results and modify occurrences using multiple cursors and then save it, and it will propagate changes in multiple files;
- You can recursively search for file names, then (for example) mark those that are bigger than 15Mbs, or files that were edited last time in March, and then tell Emacs to show git-log of changes, but only related to those files;
- You can search for a pattern, but also tell it to display it with a context (for example 4 lines before and after the occurrence);
- You can recursively search for a filename pattern, and then among those that you find, you can rename those that match a regexp;
- You can git-grep for a file that was deleted in the repo;
- You can find all the compilation/linting errors and warnings in the code for a given project;
And guess what? All that works the same way for remote machines. You can use the search on a remote computer and open files, just like it was a local machine. Heck, you can even search and open files inside Docker containers.
You think I'm done here? I haven't even talked about searching for stuff using Org-mode.
Seriously, whenever there's an argument about IDEs vs. Emacs - Emacs just beats the shit out of any. "But it doesn't support re-factoring... bleh-bleh." Like everyone who seriously uses Emacs really doing it because they hate refactoring or something. Emacs has better tools and a myriad of ways to deal with code.