hey@mbcl.rutgers.edu (06/19/91)
I have an editing problem. I would like to use WordPerfect (under DOS) to edit files of DNA sequence data. These files have many very long rows of letters. Each row is similar, but not identical to the others. Editing these files involves lining up the rows so that there is strong similarity down the columns. I need an editor that will let me define blocks, where a block extends from row y1 to y2 and from column x1 to x2, and then move this block as I see fit (e.g. delete or shift it to another place). A typical editing session might involve 100 such operations, all in different places. Some text processors have exactly this capacity (e.g. WordStar is one I know of), but I would like to use Wordperfect. The Columns feature of WordPerfect seems entirely inappropriate. Is there something I am missing in WordPerfect that fits the bill? Is there a way to do the job with macros? THanks Jody Hey