[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Yes, absolutely. This is a another big plus for the Eclipse route. > > But where are the people saying "I don't WANT to download Eclipse just > to use the Jess developer's tools?"
What about emacs, *the* IDE framework for all time? More seriously, I have to believe there are other people out there besides myself who would not want to switch away from whatever system they're using. In my case that's emacs and it just so does so many things for me that I wouldn't want to be sort of forced into using/learning some other environment---integrated mail (in my case with hooks into a design rationale system), CVS, formatting and colorization, auto-completion, sophisticated and easy framing/window control viewing, shell and execution prompts, X and dumb-terminal access (there's got to be other people besides me who also spend some time on machines with no graphics capability), etc. I understand that I wouldn't really be forced into the other environment, I just wouldn't be able to use the neat stuff. For some things that's fine---I can't see myself missing the graphical rule editor. But it would be neat if some other tools didn't require using the IDE. For example, if a syntax checker were written as a fast command line program instead of being written into an IDE, then I wouldn't have to load up the jvm/jess/app to look for errors and anybody could use it through their favorite IDE by binding it to some keys or a menu item. You could probably have a plugin wrap it and present the results nicely in Eclipse just as I could have a little bit of elisp wrap it up and show me the results nicely in emacs. -- - joe kopena -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
