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Re: Anyone use SAM?

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From: Robert Starr
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:50
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In article <722179001.3244@minster.york.ac.uk>, pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
|> Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
|> 
|> Hmmm. Having indentation _built in_ to your editor is something I'm always
|> a bit wary of -- for example, I've yet to find a C mode in an editor which I
|> think works sensibly; and when it comes to C++.... The alternatives are
|> *Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*


Yeah, but vi never had an "electric-C" mode, and most of us vi folks don't
miss it.  But settable tabs, auto-indent, and brace matching are not
a lot to ask from a programmers editor.  Sam looks good, but I cannot
understand why these 3 simple features were left out (unless I missed
something in the supplied documentation).

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