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by rumanator 2247 days ago
> it's definitely not. Just adding a `/*` at the top of a file takes a noticeable delay to update the whole text, while it's completely unnoticeable in e.g. QtCreator.

Conversely, Qt Creator is rather anemic and featureless when compared with vscode. I mean, it doesn't even support very basic features such as editing yaml or json files, it barely supports any form of refactoring at all, doesn't support any form of project other than the old hardcoded C++ support piggybacking clang, etc.

Heck, supposedly Qt Creator's main build system is cmake, and it doesn't even allow you to add files to a project without having to hand-tweak CMakeLists.txt files.

Perhaps if Qt Creator offered a fraction of the features already provided by a free text editor such as vscode then we could start to compare sub-milisecond differences in paint times. Until then, unnoticeable differences in performance coupled with far more functionalities make it a non-starter.
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jcelerier 2247 days ago
I don't think any of this is relevant to rendering time.

> and it doesn't even allow you to add files to a project without having to hand-tweak CMakeLists.txt files.

I don't know any IDE which does this well and don't think that this is a solveable problem at all. e.g. where would a source file be added there ?

    set(COMMON_SOURCES a.cpp b.cpp ${SOME_OTHER_SOURCES})

    if(SOMETHING) 
      add_executable(foo WIN32 main1.cpp ${COMMON_SOURCES}) 
    else()
      add_executable(foo main2.cpp xyz.cpp ${COMMON_SOURCES})
    endif()
    
    if(FOOBAR)
      target_sources(foo PUBLIC foobar.cpp PRIVATE baz.cpp)
    endif()
I've tried looking in VSCode to test where it would go but cannot find a command that would add a new file to a CMakeLists. File > New file > save as .cpp definitely does not and I don't see a right-click option that would do it.

> , it barely supports any form of refactoring at all,

c'mon, here's my experience with Qt Creator when comparing with VS Code (with the C++ extension installed):

- vscode: https://vimeo.com/410950170

- qtc: https://vimeo.com/410950345

I'll agree that QtC (https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-editor-refactoring.html) has less than for instance CLion in the refactor department, but than VSC? Maybe with ten additional extensions or so ? But qtc works from the get-go without needing to go fetch plug-ins elsewhere.

Note also how QtC helpfully tells me bugs and issues in my code along me typing, without making typing slower.

In contrast, I really have trouble concentrating with VSC (and also JetBrains IDEs & VC++) operating latency (and that's on a 8c/16t top-end desktop i7).

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