On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:35 +0300, dreel wrote: > I'm using Eclipse. I'm so tired to write code in notepad-like editors and > switching between Terminal windows to debug. > I've tried to use Vi for Win32 but my Win-oriented brain doesn't understand > it (
Like anything, it takes practice to get used to. I "used" emacs for years before I was good at it. You just have to be dedicated... learn one thing and consciously remember to use it when you have a chance (and if you remember after you do something manually, undo that and try doing it automatically). When you've mastered that, you open up the manual, scan it for something interesting and then learn that. Repeat for 10 years. Every day you will become more and more efficient, which makes it easier for you to concentrate on writing your program, not typing it into the computer. At this point, I've learned emacs well enough to have it syntax-check my code automatically, switch to any file in a project with just a few keystrokes (even if the file has a long name), switch to any other project in a few keystrokes, automatically maintain my Makefile.PLs, help me resolve test failures, show me documentation for any module I'm using, etc. The point is, a little time investing in a real editor will mean that you spend most of your time thinking about intelligent things, not which menu to move your mouse to. Can eclipse do that? If not, can you make it? If the answer's no, you're wasting your time. It's the same reason we use Perl... there's a lot of syntax to learn, but that little bit of learning saves thousands of hours over the span over your career (compared to, say, Java or PHP). </rant> Regards, Jonathan Rockway
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