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How can a code editor effectively hint at code nesting level - without using indentation?
I've written an XML text editor that provides 2 view options for the same XML text, one indented (virtually), the other left-justified. The motivation for the left-justified view is to help users ...
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How to deal with WYSIWYG editors? [closed]
There are now lots of WYSIWYG editors, however whenever we use one on a CMS-based website we consistently have issues.
The biggest being users pasting content from Word or other online sources and ...
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Using vi with modern keyboards
I've decided to focus on one editor to do all programming, documentation, email, database querying, etc (in the spirit of The Pragmatic Programmer's idea that a programmer should focus on getting good ...
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What is a good GUI text editor with code folding on Linux [closed]
When I'm on Linux, I usually program using either gvim or emacs (depending on the language I'm working in, and the configuration of the machine). However, one thing I miss from the Windows world is ...
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How would you feel if your code editor formatted your code for you as you typed, without tabs/spaces?
As with most things, I'm sure this concept has been tried before - I just haven't come across editors that use what I've termed 'Virtual Formatting'. The principle is that there's a floating ...
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Logistically, how do you manage embedded SQL?
My current application is running into issues with its ORM, and we're relying on some pretty hairy SQL to express queries that the ORM can't. Are there best practices in terms of how to manage the ...
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It is inconsiderate to place editor settings inside code files?
I know this is kind of a subjective question, but I'm curious if there's any good reason to place (or not place) editor settings inside code files. I'm thinking in vi modelines, but it is possible ...
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Emacs vs. vim — what is the difference? [closed]
I've been programming for years now, mainly in VBA (the horror), Python, Javascript (Node.js mainly), HTML, and SQL. Most of these languages came with environments that made sense: for VBA I used the ...
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What is the purpose of Console in Sublime text editor?
I want to know what purpose does console solve in sublime text 2. This is invoked by pressing Ctrl+Shift+`
Is this a kind of debugger, or It just helps you to install packages.
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Is there an Editor that I can run code using SSH
I need an editor where I can edit my code client side, then highlight part of it and run the highlighted code on the connected server.
An Example of this would be SQL management studio, but I need it ...
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Vim and emacs usage/use case/user statistics
I wonder if there are statistical documents/research based on use of the two major text editors, in which amount of usage is compared to use case, be it programming language, industry, user age, OS ...
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Why is there an emacs vs. vim debate? [closed]
I'm new to the whole scene, so I was wondering why programmers tend to be really passionate about this debate? Thanks.
Also, are these referred to as "text editors"?
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Listing editors and IDE's in your resume? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Hiring developers - listing IDE as a requirement?
I've seen this from time to time, that people tend to mention editors in their resume/CV and I've been guilty of doing ...
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Graph/diagram editor that works with pseudographics
Is there a graph/diagram editing tool that can output (or even better also parse) pseudographics, that can be easily inserted into source code comments? Like this:
+---------------+
| ...
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What's the point of camel-case-navigation?
I heavily use CTRL+ to jump between tokens in code (the _s are the navigation points):
_fooBar _+ _barFoo_;
Some editors, like the one in the current version of QtCreator, have (by default or ...
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How one could use a live editor
I was thinking about a live editing environment where code / a source file is synchronized so that changes made by one user would be carried across to all others editing the file.
Something like ...
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Why do XSLT editors insert tab or space characters into XSLT to format it?
All XSLT editors I've tried till now add tab or space characters to the XSLT to indent it for formatting. This is done even in places within the XSLT where these characters are significant to the XSLT ...
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Is there a desktop based code editor similar to jsFiddle? [closed]
I'm looking for a code editor that allows me to see the effects of JavaScript on the page elements as I'm editing.
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Text editor that does useful syntax highlighting for CGIs [closed]
I'm writing a Python CGI script, let's say e.g.
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print "<html><head><title>Cool ...
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Sublime Text plugin: automatic text insertion when creating a file
The title should be rather explicit. When a file is created, I'd like to have a text automatically pasted at the top of it. The plugin would also be able to insert the text on existing files.
Of ...
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HTML5 to Native compiler code [closed]
Is there any HTML5, CSS3 and JS tool that compiles your code, and turns it into a native mobile application?
I made a little research, and it looks like phone gap one of them.
Which one do you use ...
