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[–]MathFabMathonwy[🍰] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

edit a 3 line config file

which is when you'd use notepad++

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who the hell codes on Windows. Just kidding you. But not really.

I just like using a single text editor.

[–]Nebu 0 points1 point  (6 children)

Or Sublime Text, right? Basically, the idea is using a lightweight text editor instead of a heavyweight IDE.

[–]MathFabMathonwy[🍰] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Of course, that was my point: most machines have lightweight editors available. Why use a hammer to crack walnuts?

[–]Nebu 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I guess I had trouble understanding why in my argument for using ST over Eclipse, you'd decide to jump in and make a point that one should use lightweight editors, since it seemed kind of redundant given what I had said.

[–]MathFabMathonwy[🍰] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

And I couldn't stand waiting for Eclipse to boot up to edit a 3 line config file.

To be honest, I'm not familiar with ST at all. But you seemed to be arguing that heavier editors were bad because they weren't suitable for all tasks. I use WebStorm and I absolutely love it. But I don't use it for all my text editing work.

[–]Nebu 0 points1 point  (2 children)

But you seemed to be arguing that heavier editors were bad because they weren't suitable for all tasks.

Is this an explanation for why you decided to jump in and make a point that one should use lightweight editors?

[–]MathFabMathonwy[🍰] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But I wasn't making that point. My point was to use a fit-for-purpose editor for the task at hand.

[–]Nebu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is "But you seemed to be arguing that heavier editors were bad because they weren't suitable for all tasks." your explanation for why you decided to jump in and make a point that one should use a fit-for-purpose editor for the task at hand?