Re: A82: Poll
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Re: A82: Poll
Hello,
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> Hi. Just a quick poll here. Which editor do you prefer? Windows Notepad, DOS Edit, or other?
Other: I tend to use vim under Linux and WinVi in win95.
> I am trying to incorporate the best features of each into my program.
> For example, Edit has a free moving cursor. That is, you can move the cursor to any part of the screen and just start
> typing away. But in Notepad, the cursor must follow the text. You can't just click at a point on the screen and start
> typing there. However having the cursor follow the text is sometimes better for browsing through files. So which style
> would you prefer? I can do either. Right now I'm doing the Notepad style, so if more people would rather have the Edit
> style, tell me now!
Personally, I'd rather know where the whitespace actually is in a text
file. I don't really like the idea of moving a free cursor around and then
having the program fill in characters automatically (unless it's an
auto-indent feature).
> Edit has selectable tab sizes. Notepad doesn't. Right now my program has tabs fixed at 8 spaces. If enough people want
> it, I'll try to make it variable though.
Variable tabs would be nice. The screen can get kinda full as it is, so
being able to reduce the number of spaces would be advantageous.
> Neither Edit nor Notepad has a goto line: x feature. This I want to implement as well.
> There are lots of little things that make a good editor, and I'll try to include as many of them as I can. What are your
> favorite editor features?
The nice thing about the calc is that there are a good number of
non-character keys and you can be sure each one has the same keypad. The
best move would be to leave the full-screen text view as it is, and add
features via the otherwise useless keys. For example:
y= skip cursor left a "word" (until it reaches whitespace)
graph same, but move right
zoom bring up a prompt and allow the user to enter a line number to
skip to
trace allow user to enter a word to search for
Other useful features include: being able to scroll the screen without
moving the cursor, "Tab-ing" from file to file, a clipboard, search and
replace... and stuff that I couldn't possibly think of at this hour.
-Jeremy
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