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by ses1984 148 days ago
The point of an IDE is that it does stuff a simple text editor does not.
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Sure, but as noted elsewhere, the IDEs generally don't "do stuff" by default just on opening a file folder. VSCode, by default, will run some programs as soon as you open a folder.
> the IDEs generally don't "do stuff" by default just on opening a file folder

In any JetBrains IDE: Settings > Tools > Startup Tasks.

Even something as simple as syntax highlighting is a vector.