Currently my workflow with Emacs when I am coding in C or C++ involves three windows.  The largest on the right contains the file I am working with.  The left is split into two, the bottom being a shell which I use to type in compile or make commands, and the top is often some sort of documentation or README file that I want to consult while I am working.  Now I know there are some pretty expert Emacs users out there, and I am curious what other Emacs functionally is useful if the intention is to use it as a complete IDE.  Specifically, most IDEs usually fulfill these functions is some form or another:

  - Source code editor
  - Compiler
  - Debugging
  - Documentation Lookup
  - Version Control
  - OO features like class lookup and object inspector 

For a few of these, it&#39;s pretty obvious how Emacs can fit these functions, but what about the rest?  Also, if a specific language must be focused on, I&#39;d say it should be C++. 

**Edit:** One user pointed out that I should have been more specific when I said &#39;what about the rest&#39;.  Mostly I was curious about efficient version control, as well as documentation lookup.  For example, in SLIME it is fairly easy to do a quick hyperspec lookup on a Lisp function.  Is there a quick way to look up something in C++ STL documentation (if I forgot the exact syntax of [hash_map][1], for example)?


  [1]: http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/hash_map.html

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