Re: Python IDE/text-editor

From	sal migondis <salmig99@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Python IDE/text-editor
Date	2011-04-17 08:50 -0700
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On Apr 17, 7:09 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Alec Taylor <alec.tayl...@gmail.com> writes:

[..]

> > whereas nano, and all the text-editors/IDEs above are user-friendly.

No they're not 'user-friendly'. They are a user's worst enemy.
What's
the point of a computer if all you can come up with is a typewriter
in
disguise? Back to the dark ages. I have not tried all of the above,
but
a quick peek at nano & imagining I would having to use it for
anything
beyond _entering_ text and crossing fingers I ever need to change
a single comma or fix a single typo sends shivers down my spine.

> As many others in this thread have said, the learning curve pays off

[..]

Ben, I agree wholeheartedly with the rest of your post, but in the
case
of Vi/Vim... what learning curve..? It takes an hour at most to do
the
Vim tutorial. Do it, say 3 times and read Bram Moolenaar's 'Seven
habits of effective editing' twice and within one week you are
already
editing (much) more efficiently and with a lot less frustration than
with
those supposedly 'user-friendly' editors. And contrary to Notepad and
its descendants your editing experience will keep improving. Now that
is the difference between a _real_ friend a passing acquaintance.

Sal.

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