On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Oleg Broytman <p...@phd.pp.ru> wrote: >> Sorry for being a wet blanket but vim implements tabbed windows even in >> console (text) mode. (-: > > Oh, I know vim and emacs are actually incredibly powerful once you > learn how to use them. I'm just a child of the GUI generation and > believe UIs should be readily discoverable in accordance with > http://xkcd.com/627/. I've tried to apply that technique to both > applications in the past and failed miserably (although I will admit I > haven't had the inclination to even try to use either of them for > years now). Neither really strikes me as just a text editor, but more > a way of life ;) > > Anyway, to bring this back on topic... > > Neither Kate nor Notepad++ allow you to easily move documents between > windows (you have to open them explicitly in the second window). I had > never noticed the lack until I explicitly checked for it after > Stephen's last email. I suspect whether you consider this a must have > feature or not depends greatly on your personal workflow when coding. > If IDLE were to adopt a tabbed view without easy migration between > separate windows, it would have plenty of company.
It might be, but I'll admit that my work habits (used to be all-vim-all-the-time) have changed substantially since finding the joy of gedit's tab system (and plugins). Something along these lines is probably necessary to be competitive, at least on Linux. Geremy Condra _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
