Stewart Stremler wrote: >(And Eclipse needs serious horsepower and tons of screen real estate >to be minimally useful in my book. And it's one of the better ones.) > > No getting around the horsepower issue, but you can configure its views to the point where you aren't really taking up any more screen real estate than a straight text editor.
>>I've been using Netbeans for a couple of weeks, and can see why people get >>hooked on code completion (though I'll never learn to love Java). >> >> > >I've only looked at a couple of IDEs, and the code-complete there was >much like it is in many browsers... it guesses what you're trying to type, >and then helpfully fills in the rest "for you". If you hit <return>, it >accepts that... > >...which drives me bonkers. If I want completion, I'll hit a key. >(I like <TAB> for this, actually. All that shell-training.) I'm >always having my intentions subverted by "helpful" software, and it >sours me on the whole thing. > >That being said, there are times when I _want_ the editor to fill >in the rest of the function.... "I know it starts with foo, but what >comes after that, I don't quite remember." > > Emacs can do "try to complete when I press magic key sequence". I believe vi can be hacked that way too. I also think you can set that for Eclipse, but I could be wrong. Certainly it used to be possible with DevStudio, but they may have ruined it by now. >I'm looking at once again venturing into the C++ waters. The more >I contemplate this, the more I think Java is a godsend. *sigh* > > Read "Modern C++ Design". Java can be great for what it's great for, but C++ really does have unique benefits to offer. --Chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
