<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 16:06, hw <<a href="mailto:hw@adminart.net">hw@adminart.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:14:01 CEST René J.V. Bertin wrote:<br>
> On Wednesday September 18 2019 16:16:29 hw wrote:<br>
> >Indentation, particularly in perl, seems to be required to be done<br>
> >manually. Can't kdevelop don't do indentation?<br>
> <br>
> No, on the contrary 8-)<br>
><br>
> I don't know anything about special indentation requirements for perl and<br>
> KDevelop indeed doesn't seem to have particular support for perl built in.<br>
> But under Tools/Indentation you can select different indentation types<br>
> which may be sufficient for your needs.<br>
<br>
Which one should I use? I'm assuming that "normal" means that an indentation <br>
is being used which is suited to the contents of the buffer. In case for <br>
perl, it is doing the highlighting as can be expected.<br>
<br>
This indicates that the editor has figured out that the buffer contents are <br>
perl, so it can do the normal indentation suited to it. What else should I <br>
expect? Indentation is normal, as well as --- since quite time now --- syntax <br>
highlighting.<br>
<br>
> Why are you using KDevelop to develop in perl? You should get the same<br>
> editor features in the more light-weight Kate editor which also has a<br>
> project management feature, and maybe someone already wrote a plugin with<br>
> additional perl support for it (but a quick search suggests that demand is<br>
> low for this kind of thing - <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=perl+ide" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=perl+ide</a>)<br>
<br>
Why shouldn't I use KDevelop? It seemed to me that KDevelop is like an <br>
adorned version of kate in that it has added features some of which could be <br>
useful.<br>
<br>
There is reason not to use kate because KDevelop allows one to easily to set <br>
up and to access programs that do stuff with the contents of a buffer. That <br>
allows, for example, to use perltidy on perl buffers every couple lines --- or <br>
should I say it forces me to use perltidy every couple lines, because the <br>
editor doesn't do indentation and lacks indent-region. It's ok for playing <br>
around with it, and it won't work at all for actually programming something.<br>
<br>
<br>
Since I'm trying out KDE again, I also decided to look at editors again, <br>
particularly more modern ones which go well with the rest of KDE. First I <br>
tried kate and then KDevelop. I can try out some more, and I would settle for <br>
one eventually as I don't want to have to use several editors.<br>
<br>
Before I would be looking for a project management plugin for perl, I am <br>
looking for basic functionality. Basic functionality shouldn't be missing.<br>
<br>
Since kate is lacking features and since I shouldn't use KDevelop, which <br>
editor should I use instead of Emacs?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If you are already familiar with Emacs, then better to use Emacs rather than have to learn a whole new IDE to do what you can already do with what you know.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve<br></div></div></div>