From: Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@...>
Date: 2000-11-15T02:39:57+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6364] Re: What would a Ruby browser look like?

Conrad Schneiker/Austin/Contr/IBM wrote:

> Charles Hixson writes:
>
> ...comments on this. (And I guess I haven't encountered the sorts of
> auxiliary programs that you mention.)
> ...
> Conrad Schneiker
> (This note is unofficial and subject to improvement without notice.)

The "auxiliary programs" I was referring to are primarily editors.  Many
editors will break a double-click selection at any non-alphanumeric
character.  Some are customizable, but many aren't.  So unless there is a good
reason why the parts of the name would frequently be selected separately, I
would prefer that underscores, etc. (I don't know about @, but most
[^0-9A-Za-z] will cause a break in the double clicked selection.)

Now it is true, that this is mainly a problem with the tool.  (It *should* be
more customizable.)  But until Ruby comes with a good IDE, this is a real
consideration.

-- (c) Charles Hixson
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