On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Gabriel Sechan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:41:26 -0700 > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: 8 space tabs, 80 column lines & small functions ever *bad* ? > > > > > Gabriel Sechan wrote: > >> > >> ---------------------------------------- > >>> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:21:11 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > >>> [email protected] Subject: Re: 8 space tabs, 80 column > >>> lines & small functions ever *bad* ? > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, this is a *classic* C failure mode. Since nobody > >>> has an editor that does autocomplete in C, everybody writes cryptic > >>> variable names. > >>> > >> BS. I deal with a lot of C code- most of it uses good variable > >> names, many of which were written without autocomplete. I refuse to > >> use any editor with autocomplete, its the most annoying, pain in the > >> ass feature ever dreamed up. I'd like to meet the guy who thought of > >> it, so I could beat him for it. > > > > Um, why? > > > > If you don't want autocomplete, it just sits there unused. If you do > > want it, it's there when you hit the activation sequence (, > > -K, etc.). What's the issue? > > > My biggest experience with autocomplete comes from Visual Studio- where it > automatically autocompletes everything, and the return key gets bound to > accepting the autocomplete. The implementation you just said sounds better. > But I've yet to see an autocomplete implementation that wasn't utterly > annoying for minimal gain.
The next time you get that upset at a feature, try the Options dialog and see if you can tweak it into something useful or turn it off. Then you won't have to beat the guy who invented the feature. If the tweaking paid off, you might even thank him. -Chuck -- http://cobra-language.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
