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Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors]

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Date 2013-07-07 00:23 +1000
Subject Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors]
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
> If you stop to
> think about it, all text editors probably present similar issues for
> their users.  They all involve:
>
> * a lot of typing,
> * use of modifier keys (ctrl, alt, command, etc)
> * movement between the mouse and the keyboard

Well, not all involve the mouse. Editors designed to be used over SSH
often don't. But yes, editing text files will tend to involve a lot of
typing. That's kinda the point of it :)

ChrisA

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Re: Editor Ergonomics [was: Important features for editors] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-07-07 00:23 +1000

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