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		sliverstorm on Feb 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? Is there a big reason an IDE couldn't have a child editor process running inside the UI, and operate directly on the file? That would allow you to plug the editor if your choice into the IDE.

Riesling on Feb 2, 2012 [–]

This is actually possible in Eclipse. But I would prefer more upstream solution.

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