IDE which uses a textual user interface ( like ncurses)

Question

are there any IDEs which run in a shell instead of a gui. As i really don't like to use a mouse (except of scrolling, everything is faster for example in firefox using shortcuts).

I really like textual user interfaces (like gdb in tui mode) and it would be nice to have an ide which is fully controlable by keyboard (i'm currently learning emacs but it isn't really designed as an ide i think).

Answer 1

You can use Emacs as an IDE(with some script/package and setup) (take a look at this)

• Emacs + ECB + JDEE: Java IDE
• Emacs + Slime: Common Lisp IDE
• Emacs + ECB + Cedet(and Xrefactory): C++ IDE(Alex Ott written a great article about it)
• Emacs + Pymacs + Ropemacs: Python IDE