The only time I edit a text file outside my IDE is when I connect directly to a server, and in that case I use vi.
That seems ridiculous to chose Vi as my primary text editor, when 99.9% of my text editing is done in Intellij.
Well I abstained in this case, however where do you draw the limit ? If there was a poll about "What is your primary IDE" would Vim or Emacs not be listed because they are "just text editor" ?
Exactly! And when you use your IDE to edit text file they should be listed aswell using the same logic.
When I said 99.9% of my text editing is done in Intellij. I also meant text editing outside of the project I'm working on: various config files, log file parsing, remote config files, ... Except for some extreme case like very large file, I rarely find the need to switch to another editor those days.
Those days there is a large overlap between text editors and IDE. Both have made huge progress, so that outside java or c#, some text editor are perfectly serviceable IDE and conversely, IDE editor make decent editor.
The only time I edit a text file outside my IDE is when I connect directly to a server, and in that case I use vi.
That seems ridiculous to chose Vi as my primary text editor, when 99.9% of my text editing is done in Intellij.
Well I abstained in this case, however where do you draw the limit ? If there was a poll about "What is your primary IDE" would Vim or Emacs not be listed because they are "just text editor" ?