Chad Perrin wrote:
> Python drives me up the wall. Others swear by it. You'll have to sort
> that out yourself.
Well, not knowing any language outside of some
very basic javascript, HTML, CSS and whatnot..it
probably will be fine with someone like
me...although for querying a database it might not
be whaat I'm interested in and Perl would better
suit my ideas...
> It is, by all accounts, easy to use and quite good for (limited?)
> object-oriented programming, but the syntax and formatting of it makes
> me a little nuts. Just looking at it can give me a headache.
LOL...One of the funniest articles I read recently
was about "code snobs"..:) It was a guy
complaining about people who complain about his
sloppy C++...
>> So the people writing programs for X-windows are leaving the keyboard
>> shortcuts out?
> Not at all. I don't think that's what he meant to say. In fact, you
> can generally make quite extensively personalized keyboard shortcuts
> work on your system in most window managers.
You mean something similar to assigning macros?
> If you're going to use the
> mouse, though, it's a good idea to have one with three buttons because
> you'll be forced to switch back and forth between input devices a lot
> more if your mouse only has two (or, heaven forfend, one button).
...I can come close...I have a two-button serial
mouse from Tandy laying around here somewhere...LOL
Chris
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