[Kaldrenon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] | | I don't think anyone can make the argument that any (past or current) | graphics-based editor is as efficient when being used to its fullest | as a text-based editor. It's basic math - it takes measurably more | time to move a hand to the mouse, move/click the mouse, and more the | hand back to the touch-typing position than it does to execute even a | moderately complex series of keystrokes. Maybe not large amounts of | time -per action-, but it doesn't take too long for it to add up if | you spend a lot of time editing.
a lot of IDE's are getting quite good and you don't have to mouse around all that much. I think the main reason I stick to Emacs is because I use it for a wider range of tasks -- not just programming. also, the IDE's I've used in the past were sluggish and for some reason the font-rendering was really hard to get right (if at all). when you spend the majority of your waking hours editing text, interactive response time and "editing ergonomics" matter a lot. this reminds me that it is probably time to give IDEs another chance. it has been a couple of years since the last time I tried a couple for Java. -Bjørn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
