Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-sdd!megatek!eta!hollen From: hollen@eta.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Programmer's editor wanted Message-ID: <684@megatek.UUCP> Date: 14 Aug 89 18:42:07 GMT References:Sender: news@megatek.UUCP Lines: 40 From article , by t36273c@saha.hut.fi (Ari Huttunen): > Hi! I'm looking for a programmer's editor with the following qualities. I > know of several that meet *some* of these but haven't yet met any that meets > them all. > > o Extensible user interface via a program language. (With a ready-to-use > emacs style command set.) > o Multiple over-lapping windows. > o Mouse support. (If you have used Logitech's Point then you know what I mean > by this..) > o re-configurable menus. > + Can edit (simultaneously) 10-30 files with a total length much greater > than the available memory. > + Can run a make-utility without leaving editing. Preferrably swaps itself > to disk for the duration of the make. AND if it captured the output.. What you want is Multi-edit. The only capability which it does not support is overlapping windows. And mouse support is not as extensive as with Point. It does however have a very extensive and easy to use programming language. Since all its menus are created with its programming language, I am sure that you could create an alternate user interface. Key bindings are configurable. It already has macros which are language sensitive and will create templates (if, while,...) with a 2 key sequence. You can define and command line to be executed as the "compile" command (which can be a make command) which is language sensitive. It will swap overflow to disk or EMS. You can shell to DOS and perform DOS functions from within the editor. I currently use Emacs at work on UNIX and am very pleased with the performance and useability of Multi-edit. Demo versions are available and can be gotten from bulletin boards. Unfortunately, I do not have this editor here at work, and therefore I cannot provide name and address. If you are interested, mail me back and I will look it up at home, or maybe someone else out there has it handy. This is an editor not to be passed up!! Dion Hollenbeck (619) 455-5590 x2814 Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121 uunet!megatek!hollen or hollen@megatek.uucp