>>:). In any case, OTI is an ex-Smalltalk IDE shop, so I presume there's >>a strong NIH syndrome there similar to most other IDE's I've run >>across -- > >Then why is there an Emacs keybinding preference setting but none for vi? > >David Huh? I can't quite understand what you are asking David. If you are asking why emacs "instead of" vi -- I can only offer that perhaps Emacs users asked them for it repeatedly (OTI used to build VisualAge suite of products before being acquired by IBM, and perhaps found the emacs demands harder to ignore :).
If you are asking "why emacs at all?" given what I said about their NIH syndrome, I have to point out that the emacs key-binding support in Eclipse is much like the key-binding support within Visual Studio or .Net IDEs.. they are very poor implementations, and I'd rather not have them at all. It is a great mistake to think that just by simply rebinding keys you can get emacs-like behavior.. if you've used things like the keyboard macros, key-rebinding support, regexp search, file commands etc. etc., you will see that "deeper" integration can provide a lot more benefits. I think an open "plugin-based" IDE like Eclipse can do much, much more.. by actually embedding Emacs within the IDE as a true component plugin, much like it allows the embedding of multiple HTML/JSP editors, viewers or VCM tools etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
