Years ago I used an editor that was written by another person that
worked at the same company. This was before GUIs. I loved that
editor. The key layout made since and it was very quick and easy to
maneuver through your source code, select words, insert or overwrite,
etc. After leaving that company I discovered Brief. I had the
original box it came in until just a few years ago. A quick googling
shows that this program still lives. More interestingly is that other
editors have the ability or option to be configured to the "Brief
keyboard"
As a machinist friend of mine says "It's all about putting chips on
the floor." In other words it's about getting product out the door.
With software development editing the code in a way that is fast,
efficient, and with the fewest errors is a key contributor to the
whole process. I don't have a working knowledge of Emacs or other
editors of that ilk. I do like the way that XCode lets you define
every editing function. For those not familiar with XCode, there is a
list of all "text functions" like Move Backward, Select Word, Delete
to Beginning of Line, etc. Each text function can have none, one, or
multiple key bindings. Of course key bindings can be saved in sets.
I'm sure this is vary similar to the way Emacs must do it.
I think if I could configure the editors in my life to all use the
same keyboard layout I would be much more likely to learn and use
those bindings than to use the mouse. Who knows maybe the increased
efficiency would lead to better software and that could lead to more
money and that could lead to me retiring to run my dream dive boat
operation in the Caribbean somewhere... But I digress.
One last thought. What if you could bind a key to a RBScript and that
script could work on the current selection and then replace it with
the results of the script. Or the script could actually use the
editing commands to move the cursor and change the selection and then
do something. The mind is boggled with the possibilities.
On Aug 26, 2006, at 7:20 AM, Joe Huber wrote:
At 10:17 AM +0200 8/26/06, dda wrote:
Amazingly enough, some people try to touch the mouse as little as
possible...
And more amazingly, some of us use the mouse almost exclusively,
except for typing in the actual text. :-)
Regards,
Joe Huber
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