Hi Dave, What parts of the setup are you finding cumbersome?
Anything we can do to make it better for new users is of interest. We tend to find that although people have an initial inertia in moving from DW, Homesite, Textpad or whatever, by the time they get round to telling us what they would like to see they've already got over that and are asking for features in the IDE. Spike dave wrote: > i did dl eclipse again to take another look but its kinda a pain in the ass too set > up and was hoping to use it as a quick fix to dive into code without opening dw. :( > looks a lot better than before though > > as for dw just cause it doesnt act just like cf studio doesnt mean its bad, might > just be different as u'd expect since it has to handle far more then cf studio did. > Its always a bit frusterating when using something else, see above with cfeclipse > and me tonight. But once u realize the power then u dont look back. I think snippets > are friggin great, plus their portability is wonderful, its the one thing i can > count on not having to reinstall (except to copy & paste) when reinstalling the > piece o shit OS (aka winxp). > Now when i go back to hs+, it looks like just what it is, OLD....... > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:58:57 -0700 > > >>Dreamweaver is indeed a nice product, but I tend to be biased towards >>cfeclipse. It's got most of the features I need because I put them there ;) >> >>I have used CFStudio, Homesite 5.5 , Homesite+ and DreamWeaver >>extensively. None of them had some of the features I thought were >>important for development with CFMX, so I started working on the >>cfeclipse project. We are slowly creeping towards the point where it's a >>hands down winner over DW and Homesite in some areas, but there's still >>a lot of work to be done. >> >>As with any editor, individual experiences may differ and as I said, I'm >>biased :) >> >>Spike >> >>Mike Kear wrote: >> >>>And with DreamweaverMX too. For example, I like to use CTRL-ALT-C to >>>wrap selected text in a CF Comment. So I have a snippet that is set >>>to put <!----[ before the selected text, and ]----> after it, then >>>assigned that snippet to the keyboard shortcut CTRL-ALT-C. Now, I >>>select text, hit the keyboard shortcut and i have a coldfusion >>>comment that I think is neater than the standard one because it has >>>the neat little square brackets around the commented text. >>> >>>I started out as a very less-than-gruntled studio fan and forced >>>myself to learn about Dreamweaver. Never mind why, I just did ok? >>>And I've become a fan of DWMX. I have since worked at shops that use >>>Studio or Homesite and I can honestly say that while Studio is a good >>>product, and I can happily work with it, I know both DWMX and Studio >>>very well, and prefer DWMX. It's easy to say, "this feature doesnt >>>work exactly as it does in Studio therefore its no good", but get used >>>to it and I reckon you'll be a fan of the product too. Nearly >>>everything you wanted to do in Studio can be done in DWMX, and >>>sometimes in a slightly different way. But it has scores of additional >>>features that arent in the other tools. >>> >>>Cheers >>>Mike Kear >>>Windsor, NSW, Australia >>>AFP Webworks >>>http://afpwebworks.com >>>.com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year >>> >>> >>> >>>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:03:11 -0700, Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>This may or may not be of interest to you, but you can do this in cfeclipse. >>>> >>>>You can specify a unique set of trigger characters for each snippet. If >>>>you type those characters followed by ctrl+i (or whatever custom >>>>shortcut you change that to) it will insert the full snippet with your >>>>cursor at the position between the start and end blocks of the snippet. >>>> >>>>You can do a lot more than that if you also use snippet variables, but >>>>that's probably getting a bit off topic. >>>> >>>>Of course, if you don't want to, or can't use cfelcipse then that's a >>>>moot point, but I thought was worth mentioning. >>>> >>>>Spike >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182004 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
