Re: WDSCi vs SEU -- RPG400-L

I'm a WDSC user.  I dropped SEU and forced myself to code entirely in WDSC 
for about a month and found quite a difference now.  I especially like the 
member filters for projects, so that I know exactly what I've worked on 
for that project and now what has to be put in production.  CTRL-F does a 
find quite nicely like ALT-F4 did.  The fact that you can show code by 
date range is a wonderful idea, you can see all the code you've put in 
over a few days, or go back to when a project was worked on previously and 
put in a range for those days/months to see what a previous programmer 
changed in that time frame.  I've found my productivity dropped about 30% 
for the first 2 weeks or so, but now it's increased about 40% above what 
it was previously.  I do miss the split screen though, but they may 
implement that feature in the future.  Sorry for continuing the discussion 
here, but I didn't see it on the WDSC list and wanted to encourage others 
to the WDSC.  It's also great because you can code Java in the same 
editor.

Ron Power
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Hi Ricky,

> This may sound like a stupid question but
> I've noticed several in this group using WDSC.
> I've been playing with it a little but still find
> I can code about twice as fast in SEU.
> Is there a tutorial that teaches an old SEU RPG
> programmer how to be proficient in using
> WDSC vs. SEU?

I don't know of such a thing.  At the moment, it's a matter of using
Code or RSE the best way for your code style.  Use it and then use it
some more.  But it's certainly not a stupid question.

> It just doesn't behave exactly like SEU but
> that might be because I don't know some of the
> short cuts.  I'm trying to force myself to use
> it but it's hard to switch.

The one thing that helped me tremendously was to abandon the idea of
using my PC editor as though it were SEU.  That is, don't try to edit
the same way you used to.  Those years of SEU habits are a direct
result of the limitations of SEU.  Code doesn't have those
limitations - it has others :-) and trying to use Code the same as you
use SEU will inevitably result in frustration.

Many people really like the colour coding.  I can take it or leave it.
What I love more than anything is the ability to search using regular
expressions.  Close second is the ability to compare two source
members and/or edit them both simultaneously in the same window.
Third is the ability to write macros.

I think that finding the places where Code is different will reward
your efforts faster than trying to find the similarities to SEU.  On
the other hand, if your coding is really faster in SEU...

This might best be continued on either the Code or WDSC lists.  In
particular, a discussion of your pain points with Code that SEU
doesn't exhibit.
  --buck



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