Re: No automatic tabs in Emacs?

[Elena]

On Dec 6, 5:42 am, Miles Bader <mi...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Elena <egarr...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Nowadays, every code monkey using an IDE will draw circles
> > around you while you fight to develop software by using Emacs.
>
> This seems unlikely.  There are certainly situations where typical IDE
> features are useful, but I've not observed any real difference in
> productivity between those who use them and those who don't (we've got
> both types here).  The difference seems largely on the level of "emacs
> vs vi":  people are most productive using tools and processes they're
> used to; the actual details are less important.

Miles, as I've stated already, if you compare Emacs power users to IDE
rookies, you won't see much of a difference.  And Emacs users are very
likely to be way more knowledgeable than IDE users, because they have
to: they could not use Emacs for development otherwise.  IDE users,
OTOH, can just get along with what their IDE provides them.

I myself managed to develop code with Emacs - in Perl, for instance -
but as soon as I switched to a *real* IDE, my productivity soared.  I
then had both a powerful editor at my fingertips and an environment
assisting me and doing grudging work for me.