On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote:
> One who lives outside Leo would ask a different question: > "How much capability can Leo offer without sentinels?" > > The answer is: > "More than any other data management tool, by a long shot" Clones in external files are not possible without sentinels. Absent external files the situation changes completely. Cones are trivial to do in a Mathematica Notebook, because all data resides in the .nb file. > Sentinels == niche Of course, the user isn't required to use sentinels: @shadow, @auto and @nosent are all ways to avoid sentinels, but each of these approaches degrades Leo's capabilities. In effect, these kinds of "degradations" are the practical answer to your question. Another possible answer would be to see what can be done in vim/emacs/eclipse plugins. I'll be studying the Voom vim plugin to see how what it does and how it does it. > I expect most any software tool could gain features and usability by > inserting sentinels into the files it touches, but resisting the temptation > to do so maintains a broader appeal. So you have said before. I don't really disagree, but I continue to look for ways to extend what can be done without degradation. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
