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Is pairing efficient when the two developers use different editors (or even different keybindings)? I feel my IQ drop by 30 points when I can't use my customiz

Is pairing efficient when the two developers use different editors (or even different keybindings)? I feel my IQ drop by 30 points when I can't use my customized Emacs and I dont know if the benefits of pairing are enough to counter this.

smerritt 15y ago
Given a sufficiently large monitor, it's fine. I (Emacs user) routinely pair with a Vim-using coworker; we just put Emacs on one half of the screen and Vim on the other. The only thing you need after that is for both editors to automatically refresh when a file changes on disk. With Emacs, you can get that with "(global-auto-revert-mode 1)" in your init.el. You can make Vim auto-refresh too, though I'm not sure how.
- briandoll 15y ago
  :set autoread
sjs 15y ago
(This is not editor related but in a similar vein...) At my previous job we had to get a QIDO[1] since I type Dvorak and switching layouts with Cmd-Space was driving us both insane. We would invariably forget to switch and either write gibberish into the file or, worse, hit some unintended keyboard shortcuts. After getting a QIDO it was fine though. [1] http://www.keyghost.com/qido/ http://www.keyghost.com/qido/
- dekz 15y ago
  On an unrelated note, if you're samsonjs on github thanks for having your dot config files commented and in a nice format for me to get a simple zsh setup.
  - sjs 15y ago
    No problem. Glad that you found it useful!
djacobs 15y ago
I pair at least once a week with an Emacs user. Switching between Vim and Emacs is not a problem as long as both people are fast at file-switching.