On 15 March 2010 17:40, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Norm Scherer wrote: >> Emacs can be made to do anything! > > And people who shy away from that power aren't really programmers IMO.
Good job it's worth a whole 2pence :-/ > IDEs make me touch my mouse way too much. The longer I can keep my > hands directly on the keyboard, the more productive I am. It's not > difficult to understand. How is it harder to learn the IDE keyboard shortcuts that it is to learn Emacs'? Typically, it would be worth adding "YMMV" to your previous statement, because other people may find there isn't a direct correlation between the ratio of their keyboard:mouse contact and their productivity - I've sat next to people at both extremes; of typing lots of noise, and typing amazing code with very few keypresses, regardless of their development environment. (of course, YMMV ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
