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Originally Posted by rogue_ronin
My point is that while it might be nice for everyone to learn Python in order to successfully (or adequately) program macros for the editor, it won't happen. Programmers will do it. A few hardy souls will do it. And most people won't. The first step has to be easier than that, thus making (or leaving) people dependent. ("Would somebody please write a macro that...?")
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Ah. But you're stating this without any knowledge of Python, and there's the problem. Python is incredibly user-friendly and simple, yet powerful in the right hands. It's becoming the language of choice for teaching people programming, and for good reasons.
It really,
really is very easy to learn. I'd dare say it's even intuitive.
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Originally Posted by rogue_ronin
3) I wasn't suggesting recreating or cloning the NoteTab Clip language. I think that the method of creating and accessing the macros is great -- and the language is easy to learn. Factors that I hope can be extracted from observing it.
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Point taken.
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Originally Posted by rogue_ronin
I'll read it, but I won't respond as I don't think that I should argue any further as it would no longer be polite.
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Oh please don't see this as any king of argument. I'm sure everyone sees it as a polite discussion, which it is. I'm certainly always willing to be convinced by sound arguments.