On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Under 2) would be a guide for setting up Emacs (immediately divided >> into Mac, Windows, Linux). At the end would be a list of alternative >> options: Eclipse, Netbeans, IntelliJ, etc. > > No. > > No, no, no, no, no! > > That will kill 90% of the people that try it as potential future > Clojurians. They'll install emacs, try to use it, throw keyboards out > windows and mice through monitors, say "What? Huh? WTF is this shit!?
For once I'm in complete agreement with Ken - trying to push Emacs as the recommended editor for Clojure would be a disaster! We need to be very clear that pretty much whatever IDE / editor you use today can be used for Clojure. Having the Getting Clojure section focus on Leiningen to handle dependencies, run a REPL and run Clojure scripts (with a -main function) is a great way to get people started. I do not think we should attempt a recommended IDE (not even Clooj). We should offer a path for all existing IDEs / editors. If you're an Eclipse user, try CCW. If you're an existing Emacs user, here's how to configure it for Clojure. If you're a TextMate user, here's the Clojure bundle. And so on. Use an editor not listed here? Try Clooj (i.e., use this as a simple catch-all if we haven't covered what you already used today). Sean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
