On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Jim Lux wrote:
Line numbers are handy when you get that
"syntax error in line 34 of file xyz.c"
Well, in jove this is just Ctrl-X-N (next error), but in other languages
or contexts, Ctrl-Shift-< (top of file) Esc 3 4 (repeat 34) Ctrl-N (down
one line) is pretty easy, and moves you to precisely line 34.
Seriously, for C in particular jove is close to a no-brainer. It is a
really great coder's editor for C. Not bad for perl, fortran etc, but
sheer genius for C. It could be more tightly integrated with latex (it
doesn't do the Ctrl-X-N trick in Latex, which is a shame) but in C
syntax errors simply do not happen. Ctrl-X-Ctrl-E (run makefile), step
through syntax errors in real time, done, end of story. Logic errors
you own, but syntax errors evaporate like the morning mist of a hot day.
rgb
too..
Jim
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