SURVEY - Haskell editing

[C.Reinke]

[reply-to set to refactor-fp@ukc.ac.uk]

Just for info - the current state: we got about 30 responses in the
first few days, but the rate of new entries has dropped since then.
The survey will be open till the end of July (Wednesday next week),
so if you want to add your input, you've still got some time. 

Thanks to everyone who has already responded,
Claus

> As some of you know, our refactoring project here at UKC has just
> started (at long last). Of course, it will take some time before
> this leads to concrete artifacts in terms of detailed refactoring
> catalogues and prototype tools, but we would like to know a bit more
> about the environment into which any such refactoring tools would
> have to fit. After all, you might have different development habits
> and tools than we do;-)
> 
> So it would be great if you could spare a few minutes to fill in 
> the following survey and send it back to <refactor-fp@ukc.ac.uk>
> (reply-to should be set?). We'll summarize to this list.
> 
> We will try to keep you involved in later stages of the project as
> well, e.g., to ask for input on what refactorings you'd find most
> useful, but if you'd like to share your thoughts on this earlier,
> feel free to email us.
> 
> Thanks for your input,
> Claus
> 
> "Refactoring Functional Programs"
> http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/research/groups/tcs/fp/Refactor/
> 
> 
> ----------July 2002---------------------- SURVEY - Haskell editing
> 
> 1. When developing Haskell programs,
> 
> - which OS-platforms do you work on?
> 
> - which Haskell implementations are you using (please indicate rough
>   version info: "whatever", "latest source release", "latest binary
>   release", "latest CVS", "latest stable version", ..)?
> 
>     Hugs98
>     GHC
>     nhc98
>     ..
> 
> - to what extent do you use (which?) features outside Haskell 98?
> 
>     class/instance-restrictions
>     existential types
>     arrow notation
>     ..
> 
> - what editors, IDEs or source-manipulation tools are you using?
> 
>   - editors
>       Vim
>       Emacs
>       ..
> 
>   - tag-file generators
>       HaskTags
>       ..
> 
>   - documentation generators
>       Haddock
>       ..
> 
>   - pre-processors
>       DrIFT
>       cpp
>       ..
> 
>   - revision control
>       manual
>       CVS
>       bitkeeper
>       ..
> 
>   - ..
> 
> 2. To what extent are your editors/IDEs Haskell-aware?
> 
> - what Haskell-specific functionality do they offer?
> 
>     syntax highlighting
>     pretty-printing
>     tag-files permitting jump-to-definition
>     syntax-aware movements (to next definition/expression/..)
>     ..
> 
> - what non-Haskell-specific editing functionality do you find most
>   helpful when developing Haskell programs?
> 
>     matching of parentheses
>     macro recording and playback (what do you use these for?)
>     integration with external tools (which ones?)
>     ..
> 
> - what Haskell-specific editing functionality do you you miss most?
>     
>     ..
>   
> - what interface options does your editor/IDE offer for integration
>   of external tools (brief explanations or pointers to detailed
>   documentations would be great)?
> 
>     coarse-grained (piping text through formatters, spell-checkers; 
>       preparation of tag files, ..)
>     fine-grained (bi-directional access, i.e., editor can use
>       external functionality, and external tools can use editor
>       functionality)
>     scripting (to weave it all together)
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