Posted by Oli Filth on 11/15/56 11:30

Jerry Stuckle said the following on 27/10/2005 22:16:
> Oli Filth wrote:
>
>> Jerry Stuckle said the following on 27/10/2005 05:59:
>>
>>> Oli Filth wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>> Check back through your messages. You indicated one of the best
>>> reasons to use an IDE is for the autocompletion (or hints) for function.
>>
>> However, not in this part of the thread - I was instead talking about
>> navigating the source code itself, with class views and associated tools.
>>
>
> This thread is about using IDE's.

If you original point was actually related to a different branch of this
thread, you should've posted it as a reply in that branch, not a
completely unrelated branch...


>>>>
>>>> With a decent Java IDE, they are - you press F1 (or Ctrl+F1, or
>>>> whatever), and you land straight on the documentation of the
>>>> class/method/variable in question.
>>>
>>> With Windows help files, you don't NEED an IDE!
>>
>> Yes, I know that! And with HTML documentation, you don't need chm
>> files; and with a hard-copy manual, you don't need HTML documentation;
>> we could go on...
>>
>
> But HTML documentation cannot be as easily searched and indexed,
> especially if it's on an intranet.

Exactly - each "level" (hard-copy => HTML => CHM => "integrated" help)
adds a new layer of functionality. Context-sensitive help is the logical
conclusion of that progression.


>>
>>> And BTW - this is a PHP newsgroup, not a Java newsgroup.
>>
>> Indeed, however this thread has become more generalised and seems to
>> be about IDEs in general...
>>
> You've tried to make it that way, true. But this is about PHP IDE's.

Actually I didn't - the OP asked about PHP IDEs, which led onto a
discussion about the pros/cons of IDEs, which then led onto a discussion
about the supposed pros/cons of IDEs in general - the discussion diverged.


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Oli

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