On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:23:04PM -0700, Wade Curry wrote: > Tracy R Reed([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 10:00:01PM -0700: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >While you're waiting for that and looking for sumthun to do why > > >don't you go ahead and improve PyDev for the rest of us? :) I'd > > >love to use Eclipse power for Python development. :) > > I'm not a programmer, per se. When I do write code, though, I > always reach for vim. This isn't another editor war. I have > played with eclipse, but was put off by the fact that I couldn't > manipulate text as well in it. If it weren't for the fact that > text editing is 90% or more of what I'm doing with it, it wouldn't > be such a negative thing for me. > > I'm somewhat surprised that all the strong, opinionated debates > over editors hasn't inspired anyone to write libraries to allow > text/cursor manipulation matching vi/emacs/whatever. I would > prefer to actually just have the option of using vim and having > eclipse work with it (just like good ol' mutt). But, if eclipse's > editor worked the same as vi, that would be great, too. >
I've always found that the editor wars concern very real differences between very fine editors and strong opinions. I think a lot of us join in the editor wars like an Irishman in a bar fight. There's no anger in it, we just enjoy the social interaction. Is this gonna get me in trouble with the Irish Americans on the list? -- Lan Barnes Linux Guy, SCM Specialist Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
