rfink@eng.umd.edu (Russell A. Fink) (09/20/90)
This call now goes out worldwide in response to mail I've been receiving in response to my original call. What I am looking for is a graphics-x-based editor similar in appearance to xedit, but functionally superior. The code should be public domain (like most other things on X), and most importantly should be portable to a Sun 3/60 machine running X11 release 4. If ANYONE has a source, please post its location and description to this newsgroup as I have received word that such an animal (if it exists) is in high demand. Thanks to the people who sent me words to the effect of switching to Emacs (or the more free gnumacs); I tried it, but honestly, it seems tougher to me to use (just even to move the cursor about) than vi, the chief reason I opted for xedit in the first place. -- //===== //===== Russ Fink =============== // //____ rfink@eng.umd.edu // // University of Maryland //===== //===== College Park ============
tom@ICASE.EDU (Tom Crockett) (09/21/90)
Excerpts from internet.xpert: 20-Sep-90 Wanted: A better graphic ed.. Russell A. Fink@mimsy.um (988) > What I am looking for is a graphics-x-based > editor similar in appearance to xedit, but functionally superior. Well, the "appearance" isn't much like xedit (don't know why that's important to you), but I really like the Andrew "ez" editor (actually, it's a single interface to a family of editors for various media, such as text, C programs, raster images, etc.). It's not perfect, but I find it a lot easier to use than emacs, since I can do most things with the mouse, rather than lots of clumsy meta-key stuff. It also has some *very* nice features for program development, including the ability to run compilations from within the editor, then post process the error messages and highlight the offending lines in the source code. There's also a nice "diff" mechanism which highlights differences in two files in side-by-side windows. Much nicer than the regular UNIX "diff". Andrew is included in the X11R4 "contrib" distribution (I forget which tape), and a series of more recent patches are available on expo. The down side is that you have to build a good bit of Andrew to get "ez", and that takes lots of disk space. But if you have it, there's lots of other good stuff, too, especially the "messages" mail-and-bulletin board interface. Tom Crockett ICASE Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering M.S. 132C e-mail: tom@icase.edu NASA Langley Research Center phone: (804) 864-2182 Hampton, VA 23665-5225
mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (09/22/90)
> What I am looking for is [...]. The code should be public domain > (like most other things on X), Most of the X stuff is not public domain. Take a look and notice all the copyright notices all over it. Everyone, remember.... >>>> FREE != PUBLIC DOMAIN <<<< der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu