tensi@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi) (01/11/89)
Hi,
I'm looking for text editors for the AMIGA for two kinds of applications:
1. an ASCII-Editor for use together with AmigaTeX (sort of programmer's
editor with word wrap);
I currently use emacs for that and I think it's absolutely adequate, but
it's not intuitive enough for naive users (very cryptic sometimes). The
following things are necessary:
- menu oriented
- request for files should be done by file requesters
- cut and paste by mouse selection
- automatic word wrap
If the program used Intuition as a communication medium (lots of
requesters and message boxes etc.), that would be fine. Also a product
with a German interface is preferred (but that's not strictly necessary).
I heard about a new product from a German firm (Data Becker), which is
called "EDwork" and seems to be quite configurable (obviously even the
menus can be changed). Can anyone from the Germany comment on that?
2. Although I can manage AmigaTeX quite well (by the way, I think it's an
excellent product!), some people here can't and need a good WYSIWYG
editor. [Don't be confused by the fact that I'm working for a computer
science department. The guys who have the Amigas (besides me) are in the
engineers department, but are somewhat computer-phobics (e.g. my father!
:-) ]. The program should support the following:
- intuitive interface (file requesters, menus etc.)
- different fonts, sub- and superscripting visible on screen
- cut and paste by mouse selection
- automatic word wrap
- dictionary (English and German)
- smooth operation (fast screen update even for fast typers; printing
shouldn't last a lifetime)
- some sort of support for math symbols (e.g. greek characters)
If there was some way to do tables, this would also be fine (engineers
like them :-). Of course I don't expect sophisticated formula input to be
possible (but maybe it is).
Sorry for the long message, but I hope other people can also profit from that.
Many thanks,
Thomas Tensi, Institut fuer Informatik, Technische Univ. Muenchen,
Arcisstr. 21, 8000 Muenchen 2, West Germany
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In article <469@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> tensi@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi) writes: >I'm looking for text editors for the AMIGA for two kinds of applications: > > 1. an ASCII-Editor for use together with AmigaTeX (sort of programmer's > editor with word wrap); Thank you. You've just described CygnusEd Professional, which I use due to working for ASDG. We use it exclusively in-house, and do considerable Amiga- TeX work with it. Please don't construe this as a commercial post. I feel it's the best text editor for the Amiga and I use it exclusively. > - menu oriented > - request for files should be done by file requesters > - cut and paste by mouse selection > - automatic word wrap All of these things are supported by CygnusEd Professional, and more. All functions can be accessed from menus, keyboard, or the ARexx port. -- Aaron Avery, ASDG Inc. "A mime is a terrible thing to waste." -- Robin Williams UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!nicmad!madnix!aaron ARPA: madnix!aaron@cs.wisc.edu
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (01/14/89)
In article <469@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> tensi@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi) writes: >Hi, >I'm looking for text editors for the AMIGA for two kinds of applications: > 1. an ASCII-Editor for use together with AmigaTeX (sort of programmer's > editor with word wrap); > I currently use emacs for that and I think it's absolutely adequate, but > it's not intuitive enough for naive users (very cryptic sometimes). The > following things are necessary: Uedit fills this bill quite nicely. I am using it extensively as an editor for AmigaTeX. > - menu oriented Yes. All menu actions are duplicated on the keyboard, and you have complete control over the menus, should you want to change them. > - request for files should be done by file requesters Uses the Arp file requester. > - cut and paste by mouse selection Yes. > - automatic word wrap yes. It's also the most customizable editor around. If you don't like something, you have full control over it, so you can change it to whatever you like. So you could have it act like emacs when you're using it, and switch to a simpler, more intuitive setup for someone else. I don't know if there is a german version available, but the menus and most of the information/error messages can be changed. -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (01/15/89)
In article <469@infovax.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> tensi@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Thomas Tensi) writes: > Hi, > > I'm looking for text editors for the AMIGA for two kinds of applications: > > 1. an ASCII-Editor for use together with AmigaTeX (sort of programmer's > editor with word wrap); > - menu oriented > - request for files should be done by file requesters > - cut and paste by mouse selection > - automatic word wrap I have been very satisfied with ASDG's CygnusED. It cost less than $100 and so far has out-performed anything else I've used. I've never seen it crash, the scrolling is great (fast, variable speeds, you define certain variables), the user-interface is good too. I had meant to post a review to the net but I haven't had time :-(. Another nice thing about it is that you can re-map the keyboard so that it has the same commands as other editors. They include a sample file that makes it work like Emacs. It also hybernates. If you exit it with Amiga-Q, it will just close it's screen and deallocate as much memory as it can. Pressing Left-ALT, Left-SHIFT, Return brings it back up. I don't have ARexx, but you can program it through that plus they supply sample code that communicates to it through C. It also does column-block moves/copies, text-reformatting (like GNUEmacs fill-region) and it will even ROT13 a block! The only thing that it doesn't do is handle files that are larger than memory (that would slow it down) and it doesn't run on a VAX... which means that at work I have to use a slightly less-powerful editor :-) :-). > Thomas Tensi, Institut fuer Informatik, Technische Univ. Muenchen, -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli Drew University Madison NJ 201-408-5389 tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet limonce@pilot.njin.net "Fences make good neighbors" -Frost "I want an MMU" -Me Standard disclaimer? No, we're still on the dpANS disclaimer.