From: "Peter Lewerin" <peter DOT lewerin AT krax DOT pp DOT se>
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> which on my computer puts the path as C:\DJGPP\bin\gdb.exe.

So it runs the debugger externally, not as part of an integrated
environment.  What I said, right?

> I can best explain my position using the "VCR analogy."  Yes, there are
those
> people who want a VCR with 5 million features and have the time and
willingness
> to read a thick manual to try and understand how to use it

VCR users are hardly comparable, as a group, to programmers.  The C++
language is many times more complex than RHIDE -- if you can deal with one,
you should be able to deal with the other.

> RHIDE, frustrated users post frequent questions to which they are mostly
> referred to FAQ's as if the questions are inconsequential or bothersome).

Actually, I think they're referred to the FAQ list because it has a solution
to their problem.

- - -

As you say, to each his own.  Let those who like DFE use it, and those who
like other editors use those.  I personally have no problem at all with DFE
or the fact that people use it (actually, I even plug it to my students),
but I really dislike the way some DFE lobbyists put down RHIDE.  This is
both unpolite and unuseful.  I say: make DFE at least as good as RHIDE -- or
at least make it a true IDE -- before you brag about it.  Or, preferably,
don't brag about it at all.  If DFE is as good as you say, people will try
it, use it, and plug it to their friends.  And if RHIDE is as bad as you
say, people will stop using it very soon.