Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!prls!gardner From: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: M2Amiga, another bunch of answers Message-ID: <7900@prls.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 17:39:08 EST Article-I.D.: prls.7900 Posted: Mon Dec 7 17:39:08 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 01:35:28 EST References: <1221@sugar.UUCP> <1336@saturn.ucsc.edu> <3476@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 14 In article <3476@aw.sei.cmu.edu> firth@bd.sei.cmu.edu.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes: >On the other hand, a REAL language sensitive editor would be very >useful. Imagine placing the cursor on an identifier and being able >with one click or keystroke to bring up its declaration. Overload >resolution and cross-module resolution done for you. Imagine being >able to see the fully qualified name of the identifier, with another >click. Imagine it tracking the range of a numeric expression as you >type, and displaying that range in a little box. And so on. Though you probably don't care, the Lightspeed C editor for the Mac does a lot of this stuff (though not all). And, yes, it IS very useful. Robert Gardner