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From: Ernst de Ridder
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 09:29

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Yesterday I started reviewing Brief (in Borland's new distribution)
for a magazine, but sofar I'm very disappointed. Setup bombs when I
try to set my own file extensions, the manual is incomplete, contradicts
itself or is plain wrong, the separation between kernel and userlayer
is very foggy and the extension language (CBrief, the lisp thing isn't
covered in the manual anymore) is quite incomplete (eg. apparently no
arrays or structs).

But the program has quite a good reputation, which surely (or
hopefully?) isn't based on ads only.  So can someone explain what I'm
missing?  And what do you like especially about the editor?  And your
dislikes?

Thanks in advance,
	Ernst de Ridder

P.S. Please reply by Email.
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Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University | Tel: +31 (40)-540067

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From: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder)
Subject: Comments on Brief editor?
Summary: Brief
Message-ID: <1992Nov20.092922.17724@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 09:29:22 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
Keywords: Comments on Brief editor wanted
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