Text editor or IDE?

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One of the vi editors, always.

Apart from syntax highlighting, auto indent, folding, compile/run macros there is also the ability to highlight columns for writing dinosar code in JCL or COBOL.

Vim is an IDE

I use vim for just about everything. Often I use gvim though, since most of the themes looks better in it. And yes, I use the command for just about everything related to programming; version control, file managing, compiling, executing etc.. GUIs just slow me down

My preferred text editor is vim
My preferred IDE is vim

As you can see, I'm pretty dedicated to Vim now. I don't like the idea of using mostly key combinations in emacs. It's less effecient, and it doesn't make sense compared to Vim having using modes like VISUAL (BLOCK/INSERT), INSERT and REPLACE. Using toggled modes makes more sense when I'm editing a text document anyway, and it prevents any mistakes I may make in command mode. However, I will say the Emacs buffering makes more sense than vim when loading large documents. Emacs will buffer the document as you move around in it, and Vim just buffers the whole document. If you accidentally open up a large file in Midnight Commander with vim, such as using F4, the best way to kill the process is with Ctrl-C. But I really wish I could use only a screen-sized buffer in Vim. That part sucks. Maybe there is, I just haven't learned yet. There's a butt-ton to learn about Vim.

You can actually use key combinations in those modes if you want to. There are other things you can do in Vim like Ctrl-X commands, such as <C-x n> to insert a word by a keyword already in the document. My favorite is <C-x f> which allows me to complete a filename path in my document.

I mostly use my beloved Sublime Text 3. I find it to have a perfect balance of usability, function and extensibility while still being the most responsive piece of software I have ever come across. At times I might have over 30 large open files in a project and it still starts faster than even notepad and minesweeper.

On the IDE side I'm trying out VisualStudio at the moment for C#, but still using ST3 simultaneously. Have tried a bunch of IDE's over the years but always end up going back to using text editors exclusively. Usually primarily because of speed and less clutter.

Hmm wow. I hardly program any more, but when I do, I like the Visual Studio environment with auto indenting, color syntax, and auto complete. Also it tells me if I have a mistake on that line RIGHT now, not later during compile time.

I learned Unix on HP-UX way back around 1988, and can still work my way thru a command line when need be. I was writing simulation programs in C using HP's graphical library.

When you guys say Vim, is that like the vi editor?

When I use Autocad, I actually prefer to use the command line interface for commands that make sense to do so. So if I want to see the whole picture, Z (space) E (return). Obviously if you are trying to snap to an exact location the mouse is going to be much faster. I bought Turbocad on my own quarter to do a 3D design and I found it pretty annoying, its always like, what the hell do I do and where do I do it, with Autocad, its asking me what it needs.

I prefer to use a text editor. On GNU/Linux, I use mostly Vim and sometimes Nano. On Windows, I use Notepad++ and Vim. On FreeBSD, I use Vim and Nano. On Mac OS X, I use MacVim and TextMate.