[kvim-dev] RE: team interview

[Ivan Hawkes]

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On Tuesday 18 Jun 2002 2:02 pm, Philippe FREMY wrote:


> We should do a little survey here. Guys, here,
>
> 1. do you use only one window to edit all your project files and keep
> switching buffers ?

Most of the time, very rarely I will tile and use like that. It's all about 
screen real estate. Code lines can get long and so can routines, you need 
that space to check out the code. I've got a 19" monitor nowadays, but I am 
still aware of the need to be able to read the code on an 80x25 8-)

> 2. do you have multiple windows to edit the different files of your project

Sure, but I usually flip between them. I really miss CTRL-F6 !
>
> 3. do you have multiple windows opened on the same file ?

Not really, but nice to have it available for that one time I need it.

> Me:
> 1. yes!
> 2. On windows with MSVC and a 17" monitor, no. On Linux, with my 21", I
> usually have two vim instance running plus two konsoles with plenty of
> virtual konsoles (konsole rocks!!!!)
> 3. Never.
>
> Note that vim can have a splitted window which could handle case 1 and 2
> for me. You can split horizontally and vertically, as many times as you
> want.
>
> Anyway, to get back on real stuff. Vim is an important editor to consider
> when doing an IDE for Unix. I can not cound how many mails I have saying
> "KDEvelop with Vi would rock!". I think this could just make people switch
> to KDevelop. :-) Even the core unix programmers! :-)
>
>
> I hope we will find a way to integrate without too many ugly hacks. How
> about allowing the user to choose between powerful doc/view model and good
> old 'one view/many doc' model, enabling vim only for the second case ?

I agree.

>
> 	Philippe
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Ciao,	
     Ivan Hawkes <BlackHawk>

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