/me $.02 == vi (remote), EditPlus/ConText(win32), TextWrangler (osx). For local java dev: Eclipse. Flash 8 Professional for flash. I think Emacs is what they use on terra-ists at GITMO (?)
That and $3.50 will get you a fancy-pants cuppa joe! :-D Happy New Year all! - Corey On Jan 1, 2007, at 4:46 PM, hank williams wrote: > > > If GUI floats your boat, eclipse particularly (and other similar > editors) are great tools to be able to program many languages in > the same editor. If non-GUI is your thing, emacs or vim are fantastic. > > jtgxbass, > > If you read my posts, you will see I agree with this. If you > actually go back to the first post and my response, the question is > whether it is a good idea (obviously in the general sense) for > someone to center their development around one editor, and Emacs in > specific as the Pragmatic Programmer authors do. > > My summarized response is, that for most people, this does not make > sense primarily because so much work has gone into specialized > editors that really fit a *given language* like a glove. Moreover, > Most people have decided that they like GUI and don't like command > line only. But even if you don't like GUI's, by using Emacs, in > Java, for example, you give up lots of invaluable language specific > help. These are really two *separate* points. As I have stated > before, if you don't like GUIs, Emacs (or similar) is a totally > appropriate tool. It is even appropriate for many specialized tasks > and for circumstances (like a terminal window) where a GUI is not > possible. > > But evangelizing Emacs as a mainstream tool for all programming > editing (as the Pragmatic Programmer folks do) just doesn't make > sense for most people. Beyond the benefits of language specific > editors, most folks have long since voted with their dollars and > their usage patterns that GUI is much more comfortable than command > line. It is so obvious it almost seems silly to say it (though the > initial question asked in this thread proves otherwise). This is > not Coke vs Pepsi, its orange juice vs castor oil. Even if you > argue that castor oil is be better for you, most folks just cant > get it down. That said, there is nothing wrong with preferring the > command line. And if you love Emacs, or love LISP, or just don't > like mice, or don't have enough memory for Eclipse or whatever, > nothing wrong with Emacs. But don't position it as a mainstream > option appropriate for most programmers for the bulk of their work > in 2007. Most programmers find the option unpalatable. > > It seems odd to me that there is any argument about the fact that > command line editing is not mainstream. But as Nicolas correctly > stated, people do love their editing tools. I guess no one wants to > feel they are on an island, and everyone wants to feel that their > solution can be and should be used by others. But it is probably > beyond any reasonable expectation to suggest to the average GUI > editor user to switch to a command line editor. > > chill > > > I am quite chill, thank you very much. > > Regards > Hank > > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
