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Article #2453Re: Anyone use SAM?
From: Stephen J Bevan
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 11:56
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 11:56
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In article <721484846.9186@minster.york.ac.uk> pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes: I (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote: [ asking why people like sam ] (1) It's small (2) It's fast (3) It has an orthogonal command structure (4) It does what I want it to do, without the need for me to write a pile of silly macros or Lisp functions. I agree with the first three. The fourth point is one of the problems I have with it: in a couple of cases it doesn't do what I want, and there is no simple way to extend it. A prime example is knowing something about the indentation of languages. I write a fair amount of Scheme and I find it tough going in sam. Maybe I've been spoilt by previous editors or maybe it is part of Pike's philosophy that the editor should not help with indentation ... etc. bevan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!mucs!m1!bevan From: bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Anyone use SAM? Message-ID: <BEVAN.92Nov13115635@beluga.cs.man.ac.uk> Date: 13 Nov 92 11:56:35 GMT References: <BEVAN.92Nov9202641@tiger.cs.man.ac.uk> <721484846.9186@minster.york.ac.uk> Sender: news@cs.man.ac.uk Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester Lines: 20 In-reply-to: pete@minster.york.ac.uk's message of 11 Nov 92 12:27:29 GMT