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Article #3050My structure vs text vs syntax-directed editor confusion
From: Ralph Hyre
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1987 18:55
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1987 18:55
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>In article <3375@bigburd.PRC.Unisys.COM> fritzson (Richard Fritzson) writes: >>In article <499@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> ralphw@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) writes: >>... >>My interest is in an ... editor which [provides] decoupling between editing >>a document and a representation of a document could even be used to great >>advantage in many environments: >You're right. An editor which is really editing the structure underlying >the visual presentation of it IS a useful thing. At this point I realised I'd been confusing syntax-directed editors (like those that might come with Pascal or Modula-2 environments to help make sure you have semicolons at the end of each line.) with structure editors. I see now that structure editors aren't as inherently restrictive as syntax directed editors. Thanks for the additional comments which made me realize my error.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!TEMP.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU!ralphw From: ralphw@TEMP.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: My structure vs text vs syntax-directed editor confusion Summary: I confused structure and syntax-directed editors Keywords: emacs Xerox Message-ID: <530@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> Date: 16 Dec 87 18:55:15 GMT References: <487@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <460@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <499@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <3375@bigburd.PRC.Unisys.COM> Sender: netnews@PT.CS.CMU.EDU Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 17