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Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:

      [I (pete@minster) wrote, about Sam:]
:    (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

But the redirection mechanism inside sam allows you to pipe arbitrary blocks of
text through Unix pipelines -- write a scheme indentation tool, select your
block of Lisp and then use the ``|'' command in the command window to pipe
it through the formatter...

So yes, as I see it that sort of mechanism is taken care of by external
means, keeping the editor as small and neat as possible.

Pete
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