RE GUI

[Michael Lake]

Graham Mullan wrote:
> As far as data input is concerned, one of the great joys of  Survex is it's
> between 1953 and 1985). While it is true that entering data into something
> other than a text file might be quicker, Survex is far and away superior
> when it comes to closely following the original paper format(s).

Actually I have found that entering daa into a text file is usually
faster than any GUI system. GUI's can be fast if they have keyboard
shortcuts but as soon as you have to reach for the mouse - down goes
your entry speed. I tend to use gvim for enetring survex stuff.

Following the original paper format is also good and the use of
*equates, *begin, *end etc and being able to arrange heirarchical data
is superb. I am not sure if Olly would appreciate this but I liken
Survex to LaTeX  or Word Perfect with it's "reveal codes" compared to
survey packages that have all their data locked up in a  a jail behind
some GUI interface that may or may not be any good a la M$ Word.   

Mike


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