/prog/ certified IDEs and pixel plotting

Back in college, looking to pick up some coding again after about a year or so hiatus.

Visual studio, Code::Blocks, NetBeans? What's a /prog/ ceritfied IDE these days? I've tried VS and C::B but I am totally open to trying something new.

On a semi-related note, I want to do some work in graphics, but I want to work specifically at the pixel level. What's my best option with C++ to give me a simple plot(x,y,color) functionality?

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>/prog/ certified
Pick only one.
If it ain't vi/vim/Emacs/ed/etc, it's shit.

Visual studio, Code::Blocks, NetBeans? What's a /prog/ ceritfied IDE these days? I've tried VS and C::B but I am totally open to trying something new.
GNU Emacs with CEDET.

On a semi-related note, I want to do some work in graphics, but I want to work specifically at the pixel level. What's my best option with C++ to give me a simple plot(x,y,color) functionality?
DirectDraw on Windows. Xlib on UNIX and GNU. Quartz on Mac OS X. VGA framebuffer in real mode.

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thanks guys, much appreciated. totally forgot about emacs, meant to try it out ages ago and it looks awesome. cheers

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Emacs is 70s abandonware. Use vi.

>>5
vi is lame worse-is-better crapware. Use Emacs.

>>6
Emacs is 70s abandonware. Use ed.

>>7
ed was prematurely optimised into uselessness. Use Emacs.

>>8
Emacs is 70s abandonware. Use awk.

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Awk is pretentious bloatware. Use cat.