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   Carlos E.R. to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: How to edit HTML source file on Wind   
   19 Jan 25 03:56:53   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-01-19 03:50, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-01-19 01:44, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:29:39 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2025-01-18 21:55, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:19:06 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I know profesional programmers that never used an IDE.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> IDEs only support limited ways of building things. Far better to have a   
   >>>> general-purpose editor, like Emacs, that is capable of driving any   
   >>>> build   
   >>>> system.   
   >>>   
   >>> A good IDE can do things like set breakpoints in the source code, start   
   >>> the application in debug mode, and run a line a time, while examining   
   >>> the variables (even writing into the variables).   
   >>>   
   >>> Not in the debugger, but in the IDE.   
   >>   
   >> Launch the debugger from within an editor window. Simples.   
   >   
   > That's not it. I don't want to launch the debugger.   
      
   Look, I understand that you are happy without a fully featured IDE. But   
   similarly, I am asking you to accept that I am not happy without a fully   
   featured IDE.   
      
   Both things are true for many programmers.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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