Once there is something to add to, I will be happy to add stuff to it! I am taking notes on some of the most common setup tasks and would like to put it into the actual user guide.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Detlev Offenbach <[email protected]>wrote: > Am Montag, 12. September 2011, 07:55:39 schrieb Alan Ezust: > > jEdit and Eric have some things in common. They both require the use of > > plugins in order to do real "ide-like" things. > > > > I've read complaints from users on both lists that it takes too long to > set > > up jEdit/Eric because of all the plugins that need to be configured > first. > > > > jEdit has no plans to address these complaints, because by default, jEdit > is > > just an editor, not an IDE, and people use it for very different things. > > What some consider an "essential plugin" others may have no use for. But > > for jEdit, at least, there are good instructions for how to set up every > > plugin that is available with the docs for that plugin. > > > > Anyone who wants to use Eric already wants features like code completion > and > > refactoring installed and enabled for Python. > > I had to search the Eric mailing list archives to find out how to get > those > > plugins working. The average user should not have to do that. > > > > If I click on the Help menu, I expect to find an "Eric Help" submenu that > > will contain instructions for how to set up code completion and > refactoring. > > > > Where is the "eric help"? > > Some eric user manuals are being prepared by Pietro Moras. If you would > like > to help with this job, please say so. Due to the fact, that eric is mostly > a > one-man show, documentation is lacking. > > Regards, > Detlev > -- > Detlev Offenbach > [email protected] >
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