Development tool for embedded Linux development

Hi,

I am currently developing an embedded linux application and so far I
have been  doing remote debugging with gdbserver, gdb and ddd as the
human useable inteface on the linux box.

Well, this is getting tedious with editing in simple test editors,
compilation here and there, reloading the DDD, starting it and so on, I
wonder if there are more integrated tools that will do this. Basically
I just want to debug directly from the editor without having to go
throught the entire process everytime.

I am actually considering to go for something like QNX, but that's not
Linux and I like the concept of Linux.

Ideas,

Jens.