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Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 03:39
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:D-SdnZF9tYjEf2XbnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>> Plus I don't use things like code completion anyway. It gets in the way
>>> of my typing - I'm often not looking at the screen when I type.
>>
>> I *started* to have that problem in a serious way.
>> But after becoming familiar with the enviornment, code-completion
>> actually meant FEWER keystrokes to write my code.
>>
>> For example, when you type "mysql_" it pops up with a bunch of choices.
>> If you're not expecting it, escaping out of it and typing what you
>> started to type is frustrating as hell.
>>
>> But once you get used to the code-completion popup, you can finish the
>> command with a couple of down arrows and a tab, instead of having to type
>> out the whole command.
>> And if you're subject to making spelling mistakes, as most mortals are,
>> then doing it that way means you never misspell a command.
>>
>
> I'm a touch typist - and as I said above, I'm often not looking at the
> screen when I'm typing. And I can finish the function name by typing it
> in much faster than I can look at the screen, hit a couple of down arrows
> and a tab.
>
> Sure, I occasionally misspell a command. But I'm still faster typing it
> out than with some code completion.
>
> Don't get me wrong - it's great for the "poke and hope" typists. But when
> you're moving along at > 80 wpm, it's a tremendous slowdown.
i don't find it so. i type at around 85 wpm (right at 125 if not by
dictation). you've seen my spelling, so you know my actual finger speed has
to be significantly faster to maintain that average. anyway, if i'm
accessing a function or other lookup target, i usually only have to type 2
characters plus ctrl+j (for instance). i know the functions so that even if
there are more than one, i know from use, how many times to down-arrow
(which is normally just once if any). so, if a function name is 8 characters
long (like ob_start), i only have to type a total of 5. spread that out over
a thousand lines of code per day and it really adds up. all of this i can do
heads-down.
sounds like that's just me though.
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