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From: Alain
Date: 15 Oct 2007 12:51:59
Message: <47139aaf$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Charter nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/10/15 01:25:
> zeroin23 wrote:
>> Talking about Visual Studio Express, I have a burning noobie question. 
>> Why
>> do we need a PV editor?
>>
>> Wouldn't notepad++ 1368051 byte npp.4.4.bin.zip or eclipse do?
>> I can do Scheme and Prolog on eclipse via plugins.
>>
>> What is so special that it cannot be done via other editors?
>>
>> My personal opinion, I think PV editor is not as good, for example,
>> 1. not able to detect file changes promptly
>> 2. syntax coloring is off for unknown extension
>> 3. copy pane is painful
>>
>>
>>
>>
> I dunno, I really like it.  If for no other reason than the vertical 
> highlighting ability.  And I like an integrated editor that I don't have 
> to configure myself.  It allows me to think about the things I want to 
> do with POV, the images I want to make, the techniques I want to explore 
> without nerding around configuring my editing environment 'till the end 
> of time.
Another nice thing with the integrated editor: juse put the cursor on a keyword, 
press "F1" and you get the help about that keyword.

-- 
Alain
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OK, so what's the speed of dark?


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