Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

h a l f b a k e r y
Crust or bust.

idea: add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, best, random

meta: news, help, about, links, report a problem

account: Browse anonymously, or get an account and write.

User:
Pass:

or Create a new account.


         

copyless editor
text editor without copy and paste
  (+1, -5)
(+1, -5)
  [vote for,
against]


To force lazy programmers to use abstraction instead of replication.

It would support cut and paste (once), move, search and replace, and all sorts of other editor features, but it wouldn't let you automatically duplicate text.


egnor, Aug 31 2000

[link]






       I'd allow cut and paste duplication within the same file, just no importing. If I had to retype every prototype twice in my code, it would never compile... =)

koz, Aug 31 2000
  

       I don't always care for wizards, which tend to generate unreadable code, but a precompiler that identifies redundent code and generates abstraction options might be useful. I dont know where I would be without cut and paste, I nearly always start by modifying existing classes with abstraction in mind as the ultimate goal - I'd rather spend my time on design and testing than on finding syntax errors.

Scott_D, Aug 31 2000
  

       Users should also be physically unable to declare global variables, get beeped at repeatedly if they make syntax errors, and get a small electric shock if they look at the keyboard instead of the screen while typing.

beland, May 26 2003
  
      
[annotate]
  


 
back: main index
 business 
 computer 
 culture 
 fashion 
 food 
 halfbakery 
 home 
 other 
 product 
 public 
 science 
 sport 
 vehicle