Thanks Tony, never thought my Facebook approach would end up on 6502.org...
... it should be the other way round,right?
The IDE supports many host systems (barebone Eclipse 50 MB: PC, Mac, Linux), many compilers (ATASM, MADS, DASM, ... getting more) and platforms (see above).
The main idea is to be the integrating point and link all the cool things that are already there.
Many nice projects I have seen before failed because people got lost in trying to much (I have to contraint myself every day, too, to be honest).
I have met many people who would "like to code something" but are stopped by the initial effort/problem.
The IDE relieves you from 90% of the normal setup stuff (scripts, paths, options, ...) and meanwhile there are more than 100 active users.
The first video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36MFqY55yR0 show how to install everything and run the first demo in 15 minutes.
I think this gives a good idea of the main editor.
The source (including all include files) is actually parse while you type, so this give you much more than just syntax highlighting
- hyperlink navigation to source and binary files
- hyperlink navigation to labels etc. even across files
- content assist (auto-completion) for labels etc.
Besides this, there is a
- build-in hex editor (currently viewer, but will be completed) which automatically detects famous file formats
- build-in graphic converter (C64, Atari, ...) with scripting option for creating arbitrary conversions
- build-in sound editor (in process, C64, Atari)
.. and more to come. Just tell me you wishes.