before a couple of years I set up XEmacs(with vhdl-mode) to use it for writing my VHDL code. I was satisfied with the performance I had for the money that I had spend, that is zero money(GNU lincenced). I was wondering if there are other options and diferent editors to write VHDL, that they also offer the ability to write C/C++ and other programming languages. I tried to check vi, but I didn't find anything for VHDL. I would really like to know:
Most modern simulators (modelsim, aldec, etc) have syntax coloring, which is very helpfull. On the other hand, Emacs is free but you can not do many thing with a VHDL description if you do not at least simulate it. So, my point is that a VHDL editor alone is not very helpful while when you buy a bigger environment you will get enough editing support!
I prefer to write VHDL codes using ISE/Foundation software, because:
1) it is free and download is available on xilinx website.
2) it has lots of vhdl ready to use template