Quote Originally Posted by cncmachineguy View Post
From a code,compile, and program point of view, I see no advantage to mplab.
Agreed, but sometimes the extra tools included in MPLAB are handy so it is a good idea to keep familiar with it.

I have been using this on windows for quite awhile now.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/cont...75-FineLineIDE

And on Linux I use gedit with VB.NET highlighting.

Why??? I feel they are light, fast and simple.
But then there is always emacs....
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/