Hi, My thoughts below:
----- On 9/14/07, Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I wonder, programmers under *nix, have Konsole ( ;) ) | based text editors as well as GUI text editors (Just | to differentiate for the sake of it: vim, nano and | Kate, Emacs, gEdit) which provide syntax highlighting | and a host of other options. Are they at a loss? \-- When you work with console based-text editors, like vi or GNU Emacs you directly work with system RAM, so it is quite fast. And if you want to be fast with text-level coding, you shouldn't move your hand off the keyboard and find the mouse, and do this back and forth. It reduces your speed. ----- | 2. IDEs are great for development. \-- Too generic a statement. It depends for what development, and for whom. ----- | The question is, are Text Editors better for students | to begin programming or are IDEs better for students? | (Irrespective of the language) \-- Use the right tools for the right programming tasks. You cannot use all the tools for all types of development. SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
