Re: No automatic tabs in Emacs?

[Miles Bader]

Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
>> This seems unlikely.  There are certainly situations where typical IDE
>> features are useful, but I've not observed any real difference in
>> productivity between those who use them and those who don't (we've got
>> both types here).  The difference seems largely on the level of "emacs
>> vs vi":  people are most productive using tools and processes they're
>> used to; the actual details are less important.
>
> Miles, as I've stated already, if you compare Emacs power users to IDE
> rookies, you won't see much of a difference.

But I don't think I'm doing that.  You used the term "rookie" for some
reason (I don't know why), but most of the people I'm thinking of are
really sort of in the middle -- they've certainly used VS for many years.

> IDE users, OTOH, can just get along with what their IDE provides them.

Only for the most trivial of tasks.

-Miles

-- 
=====
(^o^;
(()))
*This is the cute octopus virus, please copy it into your sig so it can spread.