Posix vs. Windows

[Mehrdad]

On Saturday, 19 May 2012 at 20:00:03 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Now that _is_ pretty cool.

:D yes!

> See, the thing is, one of the reasons I like vim in spite of 
> its warts (yes it has warts, including what we're discussing 
> here about syntax trees transformations) is that it gives me a 
> _unified_ environment for working with all kinds of files

Indeed, that's one of the major reasons people use text editors 
over IDEs for a lot of tasks.


> Don't be shocked if you find a vim plugin that does just that. 
> ;-)

I dunno, I might be xD


> It would be really cool if there were syntax tree manipulators

Omg yeah. And I think D is probably the closest to getting 
something like that.

I remember asking about whether something like this this in 
StackOverflow, but (perhaps because I didn't phrase myself 
properly) people didn't really understand what I was saying and I 
kinda got blank responses lol.


> Ah, but isn't that what we programmers specialize in? Turning 
> theory into reality. ;-)

Touche


> Actually, vim does have some rudimentary support for moving 
> across scopes. I don't know about statements, though.

Yeah, editors often have brace-matching and stuff ("go to 
matching/enclosing brace") but yeah, not statements.


> Honestly, I like the layout better (the standard PC keyboard is 
> way too wide). However, the _size_ of a laptop keyboard is just 
> too uncomfortable for me

Yup, I've been debating if I want a real-sized keyboard or not... 
might order one these days. :)


> OK I admit I was being unfair. See, my problem is, the second I 
> have to deal with rodent navigation and clicking through menus, 
> I just get really really frustrated that I can't just tell the 
> stupid machine to do what I already know I want to do.

Totally understand what you mean -- I could say the same thing 
for *nix tools, just the other way around. (Why can't I *browse* 
my choices? why do I have to look at /documentation/, for God's 
sake, to figure out how to just locate a file on my computer? 
etc.)


> Yikes!!

Indeed, that says it all. xD

> You do realize that building GCC involves two stages, right?

Someone told me like a year later. XD


> 	http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=301
> Ah, the wonders of opensource. :-)

:) I have a love-hate relationship with OS. It's among the 
greatest things in CS but it also has its own problems. I was 
going to post a link to a blog post I read about it, but while I 
agree with it, it's a little harsher than my view, so maybe not. 
xD


> Yikes! I highly recommend using plain vanilla vim, no GUI

Oh geez, that'll take a while lol. At least with GVim, I can 
discover the command names through the menus haha.