Comments on: Next big thing http://tom.net.nz/2010/07/next-big-thing/ Life, the internets, and everything. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:18:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tom http://tom.net.nz/2010/07/next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Tom Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:35:07 +0000 http://tom.net.nz/?p=293#comment-1889 Yeah I use <a href="http://www.e-texteditor.com" rel="nofollow">e</a>, which admittedly makes some of these things easier (particularly now with command mode, which emulates some of vi's functionality for powerful text selection and so on)... But I still think being able to spot a pattern and predict what I'm trying to do next would not only be immensely useful, but also not particularly difficult. Computers are great at spotting patterns. For example, (as far as I'm aware), there's currently no easy way to create some lines of code, with a numbered item on each line, apart from typing "1 DOWN 2 DOWN 3 DOWN 4 DOWN" etc. Incidentally, e v2.0 includes zen - I've had a play and it certainly is quite nice! :) Yeah I use e, which admittedly makes some of these things easier (particularly now with command mode, which emulates some of vi’s functionality for powerful text selection and so on)… But I still think being able to spot a pattern and predict what I’m trying to do next would not only be immensely useful, but also not particularly difficult. Computers are great at spotting patterns. For example, (as far as I’m aware), there’s currently no easy way to create some lines of code, with a numbered item on each line, apart from typing “1 DOWN 2 DOWN 3 DOWN 4 DOWN” etc.

Incidentally, e v2.0 includes zen – I’ve had a play and it certainly is quite nice! :)

]]> By: Simon http://tom.net.nz/2010/07/next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-1874 Simon Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:50:35 +0000 http://tom.net.nz/?p=293#comment-1874 In the first instance, you might benefit from the multi-cursor select tools in editors like Sublime Text and TextMate. They let you expand your cursor to multiple sites, and then whatever you type in will be applied to all of them at once. In the second, have a look at http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/ - and stop copy-pasting lines altogether ;D! In the first instance, you might benefit from the multi-cursor select tools in editors like Sublime Text and TextMate. They let you expand your cursor to multiple sites, and then whatever you type in will be applied to all of them at once.

In the second, have a look at http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/ – and stop copy-pasting lines altogether ;D!

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