yimling@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Yim Ling Siu) (06/11/91)
Hello, I am trying to find source code for a good editor with column move facilities; all the editors I have retrieved to date have only block operations, but not column operations. Can anyone help? Thanks Yim Ling Siu. (yimling@geog.leeds.ac.uk)
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (06/12/91)
In article <27166@adm.brl.mil> yimling@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Yim Ling Siu) writes: >I am trying to find source code for a good editor with column move >facilities; all the editors I have retrieved to date have only >block operations, but not column operations. Can anyone help? /pc/editor/qedit21.zip has column operations (when properly configured). ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com (Norman Kraft) (06/13/91)
yimling@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Yim Ling Siu) writes: > Hello, > > I am trying to find source code for a good editor with column move > facilities; all the editors I have retrieved to date have only > block operations, but not column operations. Can anyone help? > > Thanks > Yim Ling Siu. (yimling@geog.leeds.ac.uk) QEdit can do column moves, if used and set up correctly. Unfortunately, it's not the easiest editor in the world to use. MicroEmacs has a few rogue versions wandering about that handle column operations, but of course that's written in C. Day to day, I use Brief and am more than satisfied with it, and it has very handy and easy column marks, moves, etc. If you're looking to write it into one, though, be sure to base your extensions on an editing algorithm that is not just a glorified line editor (as many are). Adding column operations to these is a nightmare, and is one reason why it is found so rarely in shareware and pd code. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Kraft INET : nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com Senior Partner UUCP : crash!bkhouse!nkraft Argus Computing GEnie: N.KRAFT3 San Diego, CA FIDO : 1:102/943 "Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler." - A. Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------------------
John G. Spragge <SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> (06/15/91)
In article <9106128274@bkhouse.cts.com>, nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com (Norman Kraft) says: >If you're looking to write it into one, though, be sure to base your >extensions on an editing algorithm that is not just a glorified line >editor (as many are). Adding column operations to these is a nightmare, >and is one reason why it is found so rarely in shareware and pd code. What makes an editor a "glorified line editor" in your book, and how is it different from editors which are not "glorified line editors"? disclaimer: Queen's University supplies me with computer services, not my opinions. John G. Spragge
nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com (Norman Kraft) (06/15/91)
In article <27166@adm.brl.mil> yimling@geography.leeds.ac.uk (Yim Ling Siu) writes: >I am trying to find source code for a good editor with column move >facilities; all the editors I have retrieved to date have only >block operations, but not column operations. Can anyone help? There are a number of editors in binary form that support column moves. A few rogue versions of MicroEMACS (in C), do column operations, and you may want to look around for one that does. Source is generally available for ME implementations. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Kraft, Senior Partner INET : nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com Argus Computing, A Partnership UUCP : crash!bkhouse!nkraft Interactive Kiosk Development GEnie: N.KRAFT3 San Diego, CA FIDO : 1:102/943 "Things should be as simple as possible, but not simpler." - A. Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------------------