First I started out using Emacs for typing out my .cpp files. But I found that it was a little too sparse for my likings. I know I could always code some extensions in Lisp to add all the features I wanted. Unfortunately I don’t know Lisp and I wasn’t about to learn it just so I could compile a hello world program. Luckily I stumbled upon a perfect program to suit my needs: Geany.

Well I was about to write I review on Geany, but then I stupidly decided to see if I could integrate python with Emacs. It turns out that it is entirely possible. So my whole article on Geany is now based on the false premise that I needed to know lisp to write Emacs extensions. So Emacs has officially bursted my hate bubble.Then I also learned that there is actually a compile command built into Emacs. Which totally and undeniably kills this article.

Even though Emacs is so awesome I still want to review the almost as awesome IDE Geany. Geany is basically Microsoft Visual Express but um you know, open source and Linuxified. You can’t beat free software with no restrictions. If you want to move from Visual Express to Linux, this is your program. It works exactly like it except that it includes a built in terminal pane! How cool is that. You don’t even have to alt-tab to type out your terminal commands!
Geany is worth looking into if you are looking for a full featured Linux ide. I reccomend it. If you don’t want a resource heavy editor I think Emacs fits the bill. They are both free so why don’t you just try them both. It can’t hurt!

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