Re: Great SWT Program

blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In the right frame of reference I claim it all makes sense and
feels reasonably consistent. Apparently it's difficult for someone accustomed to Windows-style programs to view things in
this frame of reference.

A person would have to be willing to adopt the frame of reference. Unwillingness to do so, for any tool, will block mastery of that tool. The proper argument there is not for a flaw in the tool but for the right to choose not to use it.

What evidence do you have for this, other than your own opinion?

Why in the world should evidence matter, or facts?

It *sounds* here as if you're saying that because you can't imagine
how something would work, or how it could have worked at a time
when it probably didn't, it must not work now, despite my saying
that I've tried it and it does. Am I lying? Deluded? or just
misunderstanding what you're saying?

*You* are not lying, deluded or failing to understand what's being said.

Magic? I'm lying?

Why in the world should reason or logic matter, or clear thinking?

Apparently I'm still not communicating. vim is not guessing
about when "tab" should initiate autocompletion. It's like ....

Okay. With Firefox under Linux, alt-F brings up the "File" menu.
At that point, pressing "Q" exits the browser. But just pressing
"Q" by itself -- seems to do nothing. Same key, different
contexts, different operation? Not weird, right?

/Ibid./

No. vim really doesn't seem to me to be guessing at what I want;
it's utterly predictable, if a bit inscrutable.
....
Probably once or twice a year I do spend, oh, maybe an hour or
two, learning something new about one of my old favorite tools,
or learning a new one. Usually I think this pays off in future
time savings, but maybe it's just a pleasant occasional distraction
from what I'm supposed to be doing. <shrug>

Love of learning for its own sake reaps huge pragmatic rewards. It is good that you are neither closed to new experiences nor locked in to static understanding even of familiar tools. As martial arts teachers and most, if not all, sports coaches emphasize, one should always return to and practice the basics.

Then again, if you're doing something with a GUI that involves
file saves, is there really much useful you can be doing while
waiting for the save to complete?

Yes, particularly in the case of autosave. Or you could compile while saving; you know the memory image matches the current form of the source and you can ignore that the file copy isn't quite yet the same.

--
Lew
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