Great idea for those with laptops in programming classes: take notes in an IDE!

[KingNothing]

I was sitting in C++ today next to this other guy and noticed he was using Visual C++ to take notes with. It's a great idea, really, much better than notepad which I had been using. I'm using JCreator for my notes now.

 

[yoda291]

why can't you use a word processor or a better text editor like emacs or vi?

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: yoda291
why can't you use a word processor or a better text editor like emacs or vi?

Word processors do autoformatting that isn't always compatible with what you're doing.

I use vim to write programs, but I don't like it that well. I like a more graphical interface, and a mouse.

 

[notfred]

Why does it matter what text editor you use? I mean, you can copy and paste back and forth.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: notfred
Why does it matter what text editor you use? I mean, you can copy and paste back and forth.

Notepad tabs are 8 spaces, which looks dumb. Plus IDEs do things like autoindenting and brace completion, just makes it a bit easier.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

If I had a laptop I would use Borland C++ 5.xx for notes. You can put the cusor anywhere on the damn line.

 

[FrustratedUser]

I normally use assembler for my notes.

 

[her209]

I type my notes in binary representation.

 

[bleeb]

hahah i don't take notes...

 

[Descartes]

I use UltraEdit for absolutely everything.