Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cica!ctrsol!ginosko!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!amperif!unocss!ho@fergvax.unl.edu From: ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Programmer's editor wanted Message-ID: <1447@unocss.UUCP> Date: 13 Aug 89 23:21:48 GMT References:Sender: news@unocss.UUCP Reply-To: ho@fergvax.unl.edu Lines: 38 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. You may want to try Multi-Edit. (Current version, 4.0a). > o Extensible user interface via a program language. Yes. The entire existing user interface is written in that macro language. > (With a ready-to-use emacs style command set.) No. Good luck finding a PC program other than emacs that has this. > o Multiple over-lapping windows. Yes. > o Mouse support. (If you have used Logitech's Point then you know what I mean Well... it has mouse support, but not good mouse support. I've used a Mac for too long - "mouse support" means scroll bars. No scroll bars. But the pull-downs are useable from a mouse. Much easier. > o re-configurable menus. Yes. With the macro language. > + Can edit (simultaneously) 10-30 files with a total length much greater > than the available memory. Yes. But in this mode, I hope you have EMS, as its disk swapping routines are slow. Probably doesn't matter if you're not running a clunker like me (20mb Seagate slowdrive + 8 MHz XT clone). > + 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.. Yes on all three counts. Trial versions are available on most BBS'es as ME401A.ZIP, or probably on Simtel also. --- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska