[OS X TeX] I'm done with TeXShop as my main editor

[Matthieu Masquelet]

Well, it's just that you're supposed to type on your keyboard with
your 2 hands and so unless you have a third one helping, leaving your
hands on the keyboard remains the fastest solution... That's why they
also make keyboard shortcuts. But sure, it's a little bit nerdy and is
not suitable for everything. I'd say for document writing, you can
probably make a case for various ways of input and interaction but
seriously, when you're programming, the mouse is really getting in the
way.

When I was in school in France, I remember having to learn emacs for
Java programming and let's just say it didn't make a very good
impression on me while you can argue the mechanics of emacs are
somehow similar to vi... As usual, it's really a matter of taste. But
I think there was no trap in Robert Bruner's text :)

Regards,


On 12/7/06, André Bellaïche <abellaic at math.jussieu.fr> wrote:
>
> An afterthought.
>
> Maybe Robert Bruner was kidding when he wrote
> >
> > Anyway, vi is nice and efficient.  For example, to comment out a
> > paragraph in a TeX file I type
> >
> >   ma}'a,.s/^/%% /
> >
> > and it is done.
>
> and I fell right into the trap.
>
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