Re: GPS (was Re: ada project dependency tree)

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

Stephen Leake wrote:

> I wish software companies would stop calling these things "intuitive".
> Strictly speaking, that means any _human_ would find them simple to
> understand. My wife, who is a social worker, does _not_ find GPS
> "intuitive"!

I find this a bit funny (from Webster)

intuition :

   2c : the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or
   cognition without evident rational thought and inference

.. without evident rational thought..

> What they really mean is "familiar to anyone who has used similar
> products". In this case, that means Borland C++ IDE, MS Visual Studio,
> ObjectAda IDE, etc. It does _not_ mean Emacs, so _I_ find it
> _unfamiliar_ and _frustrating_!

But can't you _use_ Emacs with GPS? :-)

   GPS language-sensitive editor

       [...]
       GPS is also integrated with external editors such as Emacs or
       vi.

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