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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/13/05 11:30
Oli Filth wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle said the following on 28/10/2005 04:28:
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>> No, my original point was related to the original part of this thread.
>> You're trying to change that.
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> At the risk of flogging a dead horse...
> If your post was in response to the original part of the thread, then
> you should've posted it as a reply there. If you post it as a reply to
> an unrelated branch (i.e. one that digressed, like NG discussions tend
> to do), you can hardly be surprised when someone says "What the hell?
> How does that relate to what I just said?".
>
You should read back through this branch. I did respond to the original
part of this thread. Since then you've tried to change the direction.
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>> Yep - and each level brings a new layer of complexity.
>> Context-sensitive help is not always needed - unless you're lazy or
>> incompetent.
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> You're right, if it's *needed*, in the sense of "can't live without it".
> However, IMO, it's always nice to have a tool which saves time, and
> minimises distraction from the task in hand - actually putting code into
> the editor.
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That's your opinion, which is fine. I find the auto code completion to
be a distraction.
I'm a touch typist. There are lots of times I'm typing while looking at
the doc - not the screen. So when the editor auto completes code for
me, I need to backspace and re-edit the code.
Additionally, when I have to choose from a list of functions, I find it
takes longer for me to stop typing, select the function from the list,
then continue typing than it does to just type the function name myself.
> Even basics like auto-indent and syntax highlighting aren't *needed*,
> but I'd be pretty pissed off if I had to work without them.
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>
I agree the auto indent is nice, which is why I use textpad.
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