"I was a little surprised to see no mention at all of Padre in the IDE responses, given various monks' support for it here."

Just goes to shows that the support is very "fan boyish" and those fans are here. The important thing to note is how many DO NOT USE IDE's at all. You are only holding yourself back by using one. Seeing as how this place went from high quality to low quality, it is not a surprise, "given various monks' support for it here."