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Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems [message #82331 is a reply to message #82303]

Tue, 04 December 2012 08:13

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul van Delst writes:

> What is this "Workbench" thing people keep talking about? :o)
>
> It's probably an obvious sign of my old-fartness (what with being a
> computer-y type back in the 70's when compucolors were the go, and
> various PDP 11-whatsits and DEC-whosamis in the 80's) but I've never
> warmed either to the idea or execution of IDEs.
>
> I have always found them to be extremely limiting compared to just using
> the various tools as needed and are supplied on a regular system. And,
> when they don't work right you've got an additional degree of freedom in
> your bug detection, to say nothing of the time wasted spent figuring out
> why feature X of the IDE isn't working right (probably because your Java
> RTE install is busted, or old, or from the wrong vendor...).
>
> But that's just me. I guess I'm a dyed-in-the-wool command line guy (or
> is *nix my IDE? Hmmm....)

I have to admit there is something to this. I spoke to a woman
this morning (phone rang at 6:15 AM!) who had four separate
Workspaces open at the same time and STILL couldn't find her
program!! She had accidentally hit a button (I guess) that
caused some of her "views" to close. She felt like she was
somewhere in the Matrix.

VERY hard to explain what's going on before you have had your coffee!

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: David Fanning on Thu, 06 December 2012 10:21
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: Mark Piper on Thu, 06 December 2012 10:17
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: David Fanning on Tue, 04 December 2012 08:13
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 04 December 2012 08:07
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: David Fanning on Tue, 04 December 2012 07:59
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: Fabzi on Tue, 04 December 2012 07:49
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: David Fanning on Tue, 04 December 2012 07:40
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: Fabzi on Tue, 04 December 2012 07:16
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: David Fanning on Tue, 04 December 2012 06:51
		Re: Some IDL8.2.1 Workbench related problems By: Jeremy Bailin on Sat, 08 December 2012 10:57

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