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Article #32Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder)
From: Jon Skeet
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:43
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:43
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Tim Tyler <tim@tt1.org> wrote: > : Think of me next time you outdent a large number of lines, and consider > : how nice it would be to just use one way of doing things, getting one > : muscle memory going :) > > That's not how I work. I minimise my physical effort - not my mental > effort. The physical moving parts are the limiting factor in terms of > wear and tear, etc. Muscle memory *is* a physical thing, I believe. > : Yeah, but then you've got to get *back* to where you want. > > You know where I want the cursor to be? A reasonable guess would be "where you were before" (in terms of the text - obviously it'd be further to the left after the outdent) - I'd certainly say that's a more reasonable guess than "at the start of the line". Having to go to the start of the line to work on it is usually a pain, IME. > : At that stage, can you really put your hand on your heart and say it's > : simpler than Shift+(Down x n) and Shift-Tab? > > If it's not easier, don't do it. Likewise :) -- Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.com> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/ If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,9881175998020bf0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf9d,9881175998020bf0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf9d,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,9881175998020bf0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-30 05:43:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!lon1-news.nildram.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!bnewspeer00.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!bnewsifeed02.bru.ops.eu.uu.net!lnewspost00.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net!emea.uu.net!not-for-mail From: Jon Skeet <skeet@pobox.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.java.programmer,borland.public.jbuilder.non-technical Subject: Re: Which one for Newbie (Java - Eclipse or JBuilder) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:43:39 +0100 Message-ID: <MPG.17b09a58a6b10ea98b866@dnews.peramon.com> References: <7emX8.89256$p85.2379351@twister.austin.rr.com> <ahsd0s$vm2qr$1@ID-76405.news.dfncis.de> <55e900c9.0207271826.36013481@posting.google.com> <GzyH4r.2yJ@bath.ac.uk> <55e900c9.0207281914.20261d1c@posting.google.com> <H00310.Kr9@bath.ac.uk> <3d457627@news.tce.com> <H00t51.n51@bath.ac.uk> <MPG.17afa009eee16cd098b854@dnews.peramon.com> <H00z5t.95o@bath.ac.uk> <MPG.17afaf03dc33b5f798b856@dnews.peramon.com> <MPG.17b0566b2f41282d98b85b@dnews.peramon.com> <H0284I.CB7@bath.ac.uk> Organization: Peramon Technology Ltd. X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.1.3.5 X-Original-Trace: 30 Jul 2002 13:43:50 +0100, 10.1.3.5 Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: fw.peramon.com X-Trace: 1028033023 reading.news.pipex.net 8507 193.132.195.125 X-Complaints-To: abuse@uk.uu.net