[Lazarus] programmer / project statistics

Henry Vermaak henry.vermaak at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 10:54:08 CEST 2009


2009/8/6 Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com>:
> Mattias Gaertner schrieb:
>
>>> I would think that 'poor fingers' is more appropriate. RSI is a common
>>> ail for programmers...
>>
>> Indeed.
>> With some typing statistics the IDE could suggest code templates and
>> short cuts.
>
> Shortcuts are for people who never learned to use a keyboard for writing.
> Those people may have problems with their fingers due to their inappropriate
> use, too many key-combinations, too frequently switching between keyboard
> and mouse, etc. I've had RSI problems twice, about 40 years ago with a
> mechanical typewriter. After I improved my keying thechnique, they never
> came back again.

Can you elaborate on this please?  Presumably you still use
"shortcuts", how does keying technique help?  What do you mean by
keying technique?

I sometimes wish there was a vi mode for the lazarus editor.

Henry




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