* bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface"
@ 2010-05-06 21:35 Reuben Thomas
2010-05-07 7:39 ` Stephen Berman
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Reuben Thomas @ 2010-05-06 21:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 6128
"In effect, this makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development environment)."
I suggest this sentence be removed. There are two problems: first,
"IDE" stands for "Integrated Development Environment", not
"Interactive Development Environment". Secondly, the GDB Graphical
Interface does not make Emacs either of those things: it is both
already integrated (in this case, for debugging, with the existing
gud-* modes) and interactive (fundamentally). Perhaps the intention of
this sentence is to advertise that this mode can make Emacs more like
a more typical GUI-based IDE, but that dubious both as a statement and
as a wish.
--
http://rrt.sc3d.org
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* bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface"
2010-05-06 21:35 bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface" Reuben Thomas
@ 2010-05-07 7:39 ` Stephen Berman
2010-05-07 14:51 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Berman @ 2010-05-07 7:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Reuben Thomas; +Cc: 6128
On Thu, 6 May 2010 22:35:15 +0100 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote:
> "In effect, this makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development environment)."
>
> I suggest this sentence be removed. There are two problems: first,
> "IDE" stands for "Integrated Development Environment", not
> "Interactive Development Environment". Secondly, the GDB Graphical
> Interface does not make Emacs either of those things: it is both
> already integrated (in this case, for debugging, with the existing
> gud-* modes) and interactive (fundamentally). Perhaps the intention of
> this sentence is to advertise that this mode can make Emacs more like
> a more typical GUI-based IDE, but that dubious both as a statement and
> as a wish.
I agree the sentence should be removed, which would obviate needing to
correct its grammar (to either "makes Emacs an IDE" or "turns Emacs into
an IDE").
Steve Berman
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* bug#6128: Suggestion for improving info node "GDB Graphical Interface"
2010-05-07 7:39 ` Stephen Berman
@ 2010-05-07 14:51 ` Chong Yidong
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chong Yidong @ 2010-05-07 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Berman; +Cc: 6128-done, Reuben Thomas
Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
> On Thu, 6 May 2010 22:35:15 +0100 Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> wrote:
>
>> "In effect, this makes Emacs into an IDE (interactive development environment)."
>>
>> I suggest this sentence be removed. There are two problems: first,
>> "IDE" stands for "Integrated Development Environment", not
>> "Interactive Development Environment". Secondly, the GDB Graphical
>> Interface does not make Emacs either of those things: it is both
>> already integrated (in this case, for debugging, with the existing
>> gud-* modes) and interactive (fundamentally). Perhaps the intention of
>> this sentence is to advertise that this mode can make Emacs more like
>> a more typical GUI-based IDE, but that dubious both as a statement and
>> as a wish.
>
> I agree the sentence should be removed, which would obviate needing to
> correct its grammar (to either "makes Emacs an IDE" or "turns Emacs into
> an IDE").
I agree. Committed to the repository.
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