On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:40:57 -0400 Lee Spector <lspec...@hampshire.edu> wrote:
> > On Jun 28, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Brian Schlining wrote: > > > > Was the CLJ project (http://github.com/liebke/clj) mentioned on this > > thread? It seems like it might be handy for those who want to teach Clojure > > in the classroom. It handles the classpath stuff for you. > > > > Also regarding editors, I've had good luck using Clojure with TextMate, > > jEdit, Netbeans, and IntelliJ IDEA. The quality of the respective editors > > can be a bit rough, but at least there are options for the EMACS/VI > > impaired like myself. > > CLJ might indeed be handy but an editor is essential, and neither this nor > the other options mentioned in the CLJ readme includes one as far as I know. > My minimal requirements for an editor are that it have a interface that will > be natural to any user of the platform and that it provide > language-appropriate indentation. Syntax coloring, auto-completion, and > integrated access to documentation would also be highly desirable, but not > essential. Language-specific indentation isn't *nearly* as important in clojure as paren-matching. Writing in most languages - clojure among them without smart indentation ranges from inconvenient to hard. Writing in a LISP without paren matching starts at hard and quickly escalates to painful. <mike -- Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
