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In article <sal8.64.0@po.cwru.edu> sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:
>I've got some stuff on the list already:
>Autoindent (of course)

Autoindent should be with various operating modes for different
languages (like Emacs does).  I like the fact that when I edit C code,
the indents follow the braces and parentheses.  With lisp code, the
indenting is different, etc.  If you could find a simply way to define
various indenting modes, the modes could be user-definable.  I can
work with you to come up with a working protocol for specifiying
user-defined indent schemes.

>Split windows on the same or different files in 1 instance of the editor

Two different ways should be allowed:  A separate MDI window or a
split point.  Excel does this.  You cal either drag a "split" marker
across a scroll bar to split an existing window or you can open a
second window onto the same file.

>drag 'n drop editing

If you wish.  I do think that button-2 over a piece of selected text
should pop up a menu of commonly used options.  Perhaps a
user-selectable subset of program commands.

>pick yer own colors

Use either the color/font palettes or a notebook of settings.
Actually, a settings notebook would be a great idea for all options.
Much better than multiple independant dialogs for system settings.

>and maybe keyword highlighting (like in Borland's windows based editors)

Make sure it can be turned off.  I don't like that.

Use-definable keystrokes for everything and a command-line.  Sort of
like Emacs.  This way, you can use any interface you want - type a
command, use the mouse, or use keystrokes.  It shouldn't be that hard
to do, either.  You just make the entire program command-line driven
and have the menus and keystrokes dump commands on the line.

Regular expression searching is nice.  Since regexp.c is included in
gcc (I believe), this shouldn't be too hard to install.

I think that close-brackets (like ], ), }, >) should have the program
"flash" the matching open-bracket or let you know if there's no
matching character.

These options may be difficult to do (I haven't seen them all in any
one editor yet!), so I don't expect them in an initial release, but
keep them in mind for version 2.



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