ralphw@TEMP.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) (12/17/87)
>In article <3375@bigburd.PRC.Unisys.COM> fritzson (Richard Fritzson) writes: >>In article <499@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> ralphw@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) writes: >>... >>My interest is in an ... editor which [provides] decoupling between editing >>a document and a representation of a document could even be used to great >>advantage in many environments: >You're right. An editor which is really editing the structure underlying >the visual presentation of it IS a useful thing. At this point I realised I'd been confusing syntax-directed editors (like those that might come with Pascal or Modula-2 environments to help make sure you have semicolons at the end of each line.) with structure editors. I see now that structure editors aren't as inherently restrictive as syntax directed editors. Thanks for the additional comments which made me realize my error.