Re: CHAT: programming langs

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> > Or one could edit .bash_history ...
> It's because I have it in emacs, that I want bash/readline to have it
> as well. That's actually related to the keyboard/mouse thing, in the
> sense of changing interfaces: I find myself wanting to stay in the
> readline interface even though my perl oneliner has really gotten too
> long for that --- because the effort of moving it to a file and using
> another interface to edit it there will break my concentration.
Yes, it feels much the same to me too.

The interface should be monotonously consistent across all applications,
as with Apple since the mid-1980's. (Not that I would suggest using
*that*.) The interface should suit the user, not the reverse.
X-Tree was the smoothest interface I have used, though it required
much getting-used-to; somehow MC hasn't done it for me.

When talking to a machine, in basically some kind of command mode,
it doesn't feel very conversational, and I want to just type a few words
and get immediate feedback. Speaking or pointing while watching
(file-name completion and such) seems a lot easier. But in the future,
I expect it will be different, more like talking with a person.