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Poll: How many code editors do you have open at any given time?

by stagas·4y ago·2 comments·view on hn ↗

By editors, I mean workspaces/projects, not the files open within the editor, but separate, distinct windows.

If your answer is high, please comment on how do you manage switching between them and how long do you keep them alive? Do you navigate by some key command + fuzzy search the project name, or alt-tab, or what works for you?

Also, if your answer is low, how do you manage work on multiple projects? Do you work on different projects on different days or is it a monorepo where everything is under the same window, or what is your solution?

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At work I usually have 1 or 2 Webstorm windows (there are two front ends) and at least 1 IntelliJ windows, maybe more if I am simultaneously working on different modules in the back end.

I keep them apart by using multiple physical monitors and/or virtual desktops. The workflow depends on what I am doing…. For instance i might have a back end running but never do anything other than boot it up, so I put that on another desktop and never look at it.

Lazy sunday morning; I've got 5 emacs windows open, 2 of those are always open "daily note log" files, 2 are related to "news file" where i save URLs I see and might want to dredge back up later, and 1 is the dired on my personal working directory, there to be ready in case i need to go look at something there or pretending i actually want to do something productive.

One of my "desktop+" setups for a complicated project had 36 windows, half of that was docs/reference.

I'd count the terminal windows as part of the "working on a project" screen print; 5 of those at idle and then several more if I've got something open.

I tend to use window manager work spaces to keep projects separated; it can be a total clusterfuck if a monitor blinks or something and blows the window arrangement.