Re: 86 lines of code

[Kurt Anderson <kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David, 

Under Preferences, you can go to LPEX Editor and then Appearance.  Here you can change the font.  Per a session about WDSCi tips with Aaron Bartell, he shared that the font of Lucinda Console-regular-8 is a fine font to use to be able to see more at once.

I'm also on a 19" monitor.  I don't get as many lines as Bryce, but I do see 70 lines.

Bon Chance!
-Kurt

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David FOXWELL
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:43 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] 86 lines of code

> -----Message d'origine-----
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Bryce Martin
> The main advantage of RDi over PDM/SEU is in the time to 
> analyze a program and produce code.  If you can see 86 lines 
> of code (in my setup) at a time in RDi(WDSC)  versus only 19 
> in SEU then I don't know how you can ignore the productivity 
> gains that gives you.  

Bryce, what are your preferences set at? I only have 51 lines and I haven't found another setting that is easy on the eye. My screen is only 17", I think.

Another comparaison with the number of lines : I find that greenscreeners are less likely to use long names in their code. So you tend to get a lot more comment lines, thus amplifying even more the difference. They may be lazy about writing subprocedures as that slows them down. I still sometimes use SEU for a quick look at something, but it has to be really quick because often I have to page and page before finding any code!