Using alternate editors

You can use a text editor other than the one included with the IDE; however, you will lose the integration of the various views and perspectives. For example, within the text editor of the IDE, you can:

set breakpoints and then see them in the Breakpoints view
assign to-do markers on particular lines and see them in the Tasks view
obtain context sensitive help as you pause your cursor over a function name in your code

For more information about the features of the text editor included with the IDE, see Concepts > Editors and Reference > Preferences > Text Editors in the Workbench User's Guide.