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Good question. In general, what happens to this setup when two programmers use different editors, say vim/Emacs/TextMate?
It sucks. I just started a new job with lots of pair programming and all vim users. Struggle.
See? I could be much worse.
Hey Josh, what if I want to turn my head to the right to look at my pair? One of the things I need ergonomically is to even out the twists in my spine. Seems at a place like Pivotal you might want to encourage people to do the same.
Has anyone ever tried pair programming with a collaborative editor? EG: gobby.
Good question. In general, what happens to this setup when two programmers use different editors, say vim/Emacs/TextMate?
I'm not sure I understand the concept of pair programming. It seems to me that the keyboard clashes, while able to be avoided, would be rather annoying and be less efficient. I could see collaborative editors working out much better.What does the second programmer do while the first one is writing code
In this vision the two person aspect is inescapable. The issue is when does the second person say "Whoa! Dude, that is such an obscure way of writing that, no-one will ever understand that piece of code." Do they say it when you have just typed it in and can be persuaded to play about a bit, searching for consensus on what makes for clear code. Or do they say it when it is too late?