Re: {SPAM?} Re: [flalug] {SPAM?} 1st post

From: Khepri (khepri@perennialwisdom.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2005 - 14:56:26 EST


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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