> You should not expect that -- Pharo used to have it but it was removed
> in favor of a more mainstream editor look-and-feel -- so that it be
> would more attractive to new users. Command+J / Control+J are just
> two of several powerful code-editing capabilities Pharo originally
> inherited from Squeak, along with my other favorites Command+E =
> Exchange the last two selections and Command+[, (, {, or | = Surround
> the highlighted text with that bracket-type pair. (not sure if those
> are still there in Pharo).
There are and we have more.
> Pharo favors _familiarity_ for new users somewhat at the cost of
> productivity for its experienced users.
I cannot really let you saying that :)
We want useful and powerful features, this is why over the years we supported
refactorings and this is why we are working on keybinding so that we can get
emacs like bindings.
> It somewhat resembles eclipse
> -- with pop-up dialogs and a seemingly "modal" philosophy.
What are you saying?… Camillo and Ben added full capability for managing the
browser without touching a mouse. We have Click browse and other features.
> Squeak, by
> constrast, has kept pushing the "simple-but-powerful" philosphy of its
> IDE to near extremes. While it's less familiar for new uesrs, once
> learned, general navigation and editing require _far fewer_ gestures.
Chris did you see us comparing squeak and pharo recently?
Stef
