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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com,
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:07:16 +0000
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Subject: Re: RHIDE -- joy of my life :)


Eli replied to Daniel:
> On 14 Jan 1997, Daniel P Hudson wrote:
> 
> >  Here is a possible idea, to help users integrate other langauges into
> >  your IDE though. Some form of scripting langauge for a description file
> >  should be allowed which would allow the user to specify file extensions,
> >  compiler/interpreter, and syntax form for highlighting. Users could then
> >  have an ide for various products both from and not from DJGPP. The less
> >  technically inclined woudl have to use others files, but still, that 
> >  would be a nice idea, although, no simple task, I'm sure.
> 
> IMHO, this will make RHIDE another (albeit different) Emacs, in which
> case you might go for Emacs right now, since it already has that feature. 
> Also, experience shows that a tool which is too powerful and flexible
> (such as Emacs) tends to spook newbies which then remember their trauma
> long after they know enough to use that tool.  Striking a balance between
> features and complexity you pay for having them is a very delicate and 
> difficult task, and an IDE which is meant to be used by novices should 
> IMHO restrain from adding too much features. 


 I agree 80% with Eli, if you want a full configurable thing go for Emacs, you 
can use it for practically anything (including as C/C++ program editor ;-).
 I guess that RHIDE needs some additions but this will take some time, there 
are things with more priority.
 There are another reasons to avoid a full configurable thing:

1) The size, just take a look to the full Emacs package, all have a price ...
2) Speed, here I'm not talking about Emacs because I don't use it, but I'm the 
author of the RHIDE editor and for my code more flexible means less speed.
3) Time: I don't know how many people made Emacs (or a similar thing) but I 
guess that not jut a couple of persons in 1 year ;-)

  Don't worry Daniel, I guess that some of the things that you say will be 
included in RHIDE.

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