On Thursday 20 June 2002 12:01 pm, Edmund Lian wrote:
> Ian and Tavis, thanks for the quick reply regarding single versus
> double quoted triplets. Seems to me though, that if the issue is
> Emacs can't understand triple quoted strings that use apostrophes,
> then Emacs should be fixed, not Python source code.
>
> Once everybody starts going down the path of adapting coding habits
> to the limitations and idiosyncracies of editors, there'll be no end
> of trouble. E.g., "oh, editor X doesn't handle Y well, so let's not
> use Y either, since we did the same for Emacs". I can't see any
> particular reason why one should favor helping Emacs over another
> editor...
Amen, brother! I totally agree, but as a minor concession, I yielded to
the emacs zealots and gave the green light to switch to """. I hope the
death threats stop now! ;-)
The other change agreed upon, but probably not yet implemented is
wrapping class and method doc strings to column 72 (in edits where
tabs=4; col 80 whe tabs=8) in order for easier reading.
On Thursday 20 June 2002 12:27 pm, Edmund Lian wrote:
> Here's a cheeky comment (meant in fun): if Emacs has such a large
> constituency amongst Python coders, and if it is so extensible, why
> hasn't the problem been fixed? :-) OK, no flame wars please! :-)
I love it! Edmund, these were the same things I was saying a while back
when our emacs-abilities vs. python-syntax flamewar reached the kind of
proportions where we lost subscribers.
Not that I loved that last part.
But it is interesting to note that Emacs being open source and both
products having been around for years, Emacs still can't handle a
proper Python file.
On Thursday 20 June 2002 12:36 pm, Edmund Lian wrote:
> The thing that bugs me more, actually, is the tabs vs spaces issue
> since this actually has semantic implications. I've been caught out
> more than once by someone else's code using tabs, (or worse, a
> mixture of tabs and spaces). Now, this is worth a good fight or two!
Ah, but that's the one I didn't concede. Also, note that we do NOT use
a mixture, which is the ultimate Python sin.
> Actually, up until about a year ago, I used Emacs 100% of the time. I
> eventually got tired of the bloat and need to do finger-gymnastics on
> the keyboard to get anything done. It was quite hard to switch to
> vim, but I'm glad that I took the time.
But now you have let me down! VIM????
;-)
I personally recommend:
Kate on linux
UltraEdit on windows
or:
SciTE on *
And of course, don't forget to support the WingIDE guys!
http://archaeopteryx.com/
-Chuck
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