Re: [cowiki-dev] Help me understand your frustrations

On 02 May 15:40, PAUL HANCHETT wrote:

> >As there is not really working IDE for PHP, I am working with joe (Linux)
> >and sometimes with HomeSite (I am very used to the editor, only the
> >editor - for color coding). Hence the 80 chars boundary I insist of.

> >On my screen (if I work with win32 with X-Server), I have several xterms
> >open to check and display the debug output and unusual errors from PHP. 
> >The webservers run on a separate Linux machine with its own local DNS and
> >MTA and five or more different self baked PHP CGIs (with different
> >configurations).

> >(If I use Win32,) I use Win32 as a workstation. It only provides a
> >X-Server for the Linux machine and is client - never server. Hence I
> >won't run

> It *does* help me understand your frustration!

I am not frustated - I'll become if the defined coding style is harmed
(regardless how it looks like). No, not even then, the main thing is the
homogeneity of the code.

> Why not use something (anything) modern on X?  You have a very primitive
> environment, my friend!

We are working with a very primitve language, my friend. And there is no
_really_ working IDE for this (like IntelliJ IDEA is for Java).

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> BTW, emacs doesn't look half bad displaying PHP though I've not done PHP
> editing with it...

I won't learn all the emacs commands extra for coWiki, I do not see any
sense in it. vi or joe should be enough for small scripts. HomeSite does
work too.

regards dtg