[Eric] User-Friendliness of Eric

[Alan Ezust]

Once there is something to add to, I will be happy to add stuff to it!
I am taking notes on some of the most common setup tasks and would like to
put it into the actual user guide.


On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Detlev Offenbach
<detlev at die-offenbachs.de>wrote:

> 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
> --
> Detlev Offenbach
> detlev at die-offenbachs.de
>
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