On Feb 9, 10:41 pm, Jonathan Gardner <jgard...@jonathangardner.net> wrote: > 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 thought we were not discussing text editors, why should you insist so much on diverting attention from the issue of a programmer being *forced* to keep perfect indentation to the issue of an editor doing autoindent or the like. > > 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. wow! and then, back to the issue of enforced indentation in python? > Your problem is you're using something like Windows Notepad to edit > your code. thin ice! you haven't got the faintest idea of what i use to edit my code, do you. 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. listen to what people say before responding, and stop showing off. again, you haven't used a single reasonable argument here. vQ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
