[Eric] User-Friendliness of Eric

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Montag, 12. September 2011, 07:55:39 schrieb Alan Ezust:
> jEdit and Eric have some things in common. They both require the use of
> plugins in order to do real "ide-like" things.
> 
> I've read complaints from users on both lists that it takes too long to set
> up jEdit/Eric because of all the plugins that need to be configured first.
> 
> jEdit has no plans to address these complaints, because by default, jEdit is
> just an editor, not an IDE, and people use it for very different things.
> What some consider an "essential plugin" others may have no use for. But
> for jEdit, at least, there are good instructions for how to set up every
> plugin that is available with the docs for that plugin.
> 
> Anyone who wants to use Eric already wants features like code completion and
> refactoring installed and enabled for Python.
> I had to search the Eric mailing list archives to find out how to get those
> plugins working. The average user should not have to do that.
> 
> If I click on the Help menu, I expect to find an "Eric Help" submenu that
> will contain instructions for how to set up code completion and refactoring.
> 
> Where is the "eric help"?

Some eric user manuals are being prepared by Pietro Moras. If you would like 
to help with this job, please say so. Due to the fact, that eric is mostly a 
one-man show, documentation is lacking.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de