Fwd: Friday finking: IDE 'macro expansions'

[Thomas Passin]

On 3/17/2023 1:13 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> Oops! I meant to send this to the group not just Dave.
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> On 16/03/2023 22:55, dn via Python-list wrote:
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>> Do you make use of your IDE's expansionist tendencies, and if-so, which
>> ones?
> 
> When I'm writing Java/C++/C# yes, I need all the IDE help I can get.
> Netbeans or Eclipse being my tools of choice. And in my Windows days
> I used Delphi and Smalltalk/V which both pretty much only exist within
> their own IDEs and I used their features extensively.

Back when Delphi first came out, when I first used it, I don't remember 
any IDE; one just used a text editor.

> When writing Python I use IDLE, or vim for bigger jobs.
> IDLE does have some suggestions and auto tricks but I don't
> always use them. In vim I use auto-indent and that's about it.
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