Mike Loewen:

A lot of us old-school C programmers prefer the command line.

99.9% of my work is command line. That way a shell script can automate it. I can recall a command and "do it again".

My personal preference (on *nix) is: 1. Terminal window open for editing with 'vim'. 2. Another terminal window for running 'make'. 3. A third terminal for reading 'man' pages. :-)

I'm still floundering with going totally paperless for manuals and documentation. It's nice downloading multi-hundred page PDF files and not needing to clear shelf space for each databook. But books can be read without electricity and allow for customization such as bookmarks, column-notes and post-its. For schematics, I still prefer ledger or size B or C to minimize off-page connectors. How I hate ALD (automated logic diagrams) :-( Standard US Architectural Drawing Sizes Size (mm, inches) ARCH A 228.6 x 304.8 9 x 12 ARCH B 304.8 x 457.2 12 x 18 ARCH C 457.2 x 609.6 18 x 24 ARCH D 609.6 x 914.4 24 x 36 ARCH E 914.4 x 1219.2 36 x 48