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I am posting this wish list of things that I would like to see changed or
added to CygnusEd Pro 2.0 in the hopes that someone conected with it's
development will see it.

I am also mailing (U.S.Snail) a copy to ASDG Inc.

1. The editor appears to require a contiguous chunk of memory to store
   the file in. This can be a problem with large files, or in fragmented
   memory situations. I have a file that I can only edit when I first
   boot my system. If I have made a few things resident, or am running
   something, it won't load the file. DME (Matt Dillon's PD editor) WILL
   load the file, so I must have enough total memory avaliable.

2. Have CED load appropriate configuration files whenever it is activated,
   and there are no active buffers. Now, I have F3 set to "Quit and Die" so
   that I can have a different configuration file loaded when I use ED.
   The "startup" script should be run every time ED is executed, not just
   when CED is first activated.

   The reason I need this is that I edit different types of files at
   different times. I have different configuration files for each
   file type (.c, .h, etc). CED only loads the configuration file
   automayically when it is FIRST activated.

3. Allow the specification of configuration files on the ED command line.
   This would be nice for commands that call "pagers" or "editors". Being
   able to specify a configuration file on the command line would allow
   those invocations to use their own configurations.

4. You should have a facility that allows "script" files to be written
   in plain text.

5. Allow AREXX scripts to specify key bindings.

6. A more complete pattern matching ability. Inclusion of such 'wild cards'
   as ^ for start of line and $ for end of line would really help. Ideally,
   full regular expressions are needed.

7. Allow "mouse buttons" to be part of the key qualifiers (i.e.
   Left_Button-Shift-A = foobar).

8. The ability to "read" your current key bindings.

I am sure there are a few things I have forgotten, but this list covers
the basics.

CygnusEd Pro is a good editor. However, if my suggestions are added, it
would be even better.

Dave Lowrey
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