On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Matt Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote:
> form another thread: > >> This opens up *all* Leo commands to vim's dot command. It's big. > > Thanks for the tour :-) > *But once the effort to learn it has been made, I know of no one who goes > back.* -- from "Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use > vi?<http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html>" > [emphasis added] > The "Why, oh Why" post is, imo, the best intro to vim. > It's my feeling that Leo will always be hard to grok, to find the *Aha!*which > engenders a willingness to stick around. This paragraph about vi/vim > gives me heart, being hard is okay. > Well, I don't think the Leo Aha is all that hard to get, despite perhaps being a bit difficult to describe. Of course, my opinion is not quite reliable on this subject ;-) Still, I think three or four tutorials could make a big difference. The first tutorial, about clones and work flow, is *one* reason I would never willingly program without Leo. Another reason is that leoPy.leo contains at least 500,000 lines of code, all easily accessible. In particular, the rule (of thumb) that helper methods should be children of the method that calls them instantly reveals that programs are outlines in disguise. Once you have a way of seeing that fact *at all times*, one can never go back to the flat, myopic way of seeing. It's really that simple. And then there is c, g, and p, including especially Leo's iterators and p.h and p.b and p.u. Really, this is **not** all that hard. And finally, there is @others. I created it within the first hour of prototyping Leo in the MORE outliner. It has remained unchanged all these years because it is, fundamentally, a very simple idea. In short, I have hopes that 3 or 4 screencasts will demonstrate that anyone can use Leo. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
