Re: What IDE features do we need?

[Juri Linkov]

> My opinion is that things like how to mark regions are not _that_
> important in attracting new users.  At least, not the sort of users that
> would be staying with Emacs anyway.  I don't think it's that big a deal
> for newbies whether they use <shift>+arrows or C-<space> to create a
> region.  As long as it works well, of course.
>
> What is important is _features_.  About 3 years ago, I was using
> hi-lock-mode to highlight some anomalies in a log file (found by a
> regexp).  My boss (an ex-programmer) saw it, asked me what I was doing,
> and within an hour had Emacs on his PC and was using hi-lock-mode to
> look at other log files.
>
> However, the lack of certain features is critical.  Juri, what were the
> features of that IDE that made the "unskilled novice" so productive?

Y'know, all these "intellisense", code browsing and refactoring things.

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Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/