[A83] Re: Crappy IE 6.0 [OT]


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[A83] Re: Crappy IE 6.0 [OT]




At 10:16 AM 12/8/01 -0700, you wrote:

>Sure, but then you're writing a custom edit control, and not using the
>standard control :)
>
>I was explaining the problem, not saying it was impossible.  Many programs
>use a custom edit control.  Anything that has syntax highlighting does.
>Pretty much any text editor does, as this is the only sensible thing to do.
>The best edit control I have seen is the one used in Borland's C++Builder
>(and more than likely, Delphi).  I wish they had a stand alone C++ editor,
>as I find using the IDE just to edit text to be too bulky.  So, I end up
>doing most of my code editing on Unix using JOE.

Its not the control thats custom, its just that you have a slightly smarter 
engine driving what you set its TEXT property to.






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