On Feb 9, 1:51 am, waku <w...@idi.ntnu.no> wrote: > 'stupid', 'wrong', 'deficient', 'terrible', ... you're using strong > words instead of concrete arguments, it might intimidate your > opponents, but is hardly helpful in a fair discussion. >
In today's day and age, I don't know how a text editor which cannot do simple indentation can be considered anything but "stupid", "wrong", "deficient", and "terrible". There is simply no excuse for this kind of behavior on the part of the text editor. I mean, how long has vi had the auto indent feature? How many decades has emacs supported the same? This isn't new technology, or difficult technology to implement. It's not even non-standard anymore. Heck, far more advanced features, such as syntax highlighting, are standard in all text editors. Your problem is you're using something like Windows Notepad to edit your code. Windows Notepad is a terrible tool for writing anything, let alone writing code. Why in the world would any programming language adapt itself to the mental deficiencies of Windows Notepad? I mean, if you were an artist, would you use MS Paint to do anything serious? If you did, would you complain that the art world has a problem because they don't accept your paintings? I strongly suggest you download one of the *hundreds* of free text editors available for the Windows platform that give you the indentation features you so sorely lack. I suggest ViM, though it has a steep learning curve. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
