2014-09-14 15:53 GMT-03:00 Tudor Girba <tudor@tudorgirba.com>:
Hi Phil,
It would be cool to know the reasons why people have to use other tools. Perhaps we can do something about it.
If it involves text edition or manipulation, I use external tools because of the lack of certain features in Pharo workspaces (or even syntax highlighting limits) or due to the comfort I find in using the same key bindings/shortcuts I use everywhere to edit a csv file, SQL script, chunk or whatever. That's one of the reasons. :) Another one is that I found the option to do things externally to be "safer" than relying on a unique tool to do all the tasks. "Rule of Composition" and "Rule of Modularity" according to the Unix Philosophy. Not to mention the "Rule of Parsimony": Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that nothing else with do. :) Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo