Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Alan Gauld
On 01/11/11 20:24, Steve Willoughby wrote: You think emacs is bad, though? Try TECO. Thats why Mr Stallman wrote emacs! :-) I once used Teco for a month, just for a dare. The best thing about it was taking a test file and typing your name into it, and seeing if you could guess what the final

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 01-Nov-11 13:24, Steve Willoughby wrote: On 01-Nov-11 13:19, Alexander Etter wrote: I like than .png image! It does appear vi biased though! Not quite, notice the initial steep climb. :) Yes, it's tongue-in-cheek, Oops, my mistake. If the y axis is productivity and x is time using the to

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Wayne Werner
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Steve Willoughby wrote: > On 01-Nov-11 13:19, Alexander Etter wrote: > >> I like than .png image! It does appear vi biased though! >> > > Not quite, notice the initial steep climb. :) Yes, it's tongue-in-cheek, > but feels about right, once you master vi (or emac

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Steve Willoughby
On 01-Nov-11 13:19, Alexander Etter wrote: I like than .png image! It does appear vi biased though! Not quite, notice the initial steep climb. :) Yes, it's tongue-in-cheek, but feels about right, once you master vi (or emacs) you're able to be amazingly productive with complex operations in

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Alexander Etter
On Nov 1, 2011, at 16:06, Wayne Werner wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Alexander Etter wrote: > There is a learning curve. > > Yes, and for a graphical comparison of learning curves: > http://jeetworks.org/files/images/emacs_learning_curves.png > > ;) > > One may find a learning c

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Wayne Werner
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Alexander Etter wrote: > There is a learning curve. Yes, and for a graphical comparison of learning curves: http://jeetworks.org/files/images/emacs_learning_curves.png ;) > One may find a learning curve with everything in existence, whereas I > repudiate one di

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Tim Johnson
* Alexander Etter [01 03:36]: > Rinu, I use emacs. I use Python and C++. I'm also a university > student. Last semester I learned python 2.7 using IDLE, and > continued with IDLE while I searched for alternatives over the > summer. I didn't find what I was looking for. Say, just a few > week

Re: [Tutor] GNU Emacs and Python

2011-11-01 Thread Alexander Etter
On Oct 31, 2011, at 15:31, Tim Johnson wrote: > * Rinu Boney [111031 07:03]: >> I Use Windows.I Already Know C/C++ which makes python syntax seem very easy. >> Maybe Setting Up Emacs With Python Will Make Me Productive. >> I Have Eclipse With PyDev. >> Why Is There Not A Pythonic Emacs? > Rinu,