Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 01:15:24 -0500 (EST)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT sympatico DOT ca>
To: B Hodge <bhodge AT gpu1 DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Text editors
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On 20 Jan 1997, B Hodge wrote:

> > 1. *CUA compliant* -- i.e. it uses drop-down menus and stuff like MS-DOS' 
> > Edit. In my opinion this is very imnportant. If it's not CUA compliant at 
> > least make the keypresses fully configurable, and maybe the hot keys for 
> > the menus as well.
> 
> Oh yes, I think this is very important too.  Especially for users who
> aren't as proficient with hotkeys and accelerators.
> 
> > 2. REAL TABS! Not 4/8/whatever spaces!
[snip]
> > 3. Read/write Unix (LF) or DOS (CR/LF) format
> 
> Easy enough, I'd also have a export UNIX text.
> 
> > 4. Hex editor as well (this would be *real* handy)
[snip]
> > 5. Auto-indenting of C source, like Watcom IDE for Windows and Jed
> 
> Yup, I believe Emacs at school has the same operations.  I'll look for
> some source code and such.
> 
> > 6. 'Transfer' menu like TC++'s IDE. eg press 'Ctrl+1' to load HelpPC, 
> > 'Ctrl+2' to load Info, etc etc.
> 
> Yeah, plus compiling.
> 
> > 7. *AUTO-INDENTING* It is amazing how many otherwise excellent editors 
> > (eg those written with Turbovision) do not autoindent. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY 
> > MANDATORY! :-)

Boxer does ALL of these things and more. 

[snip]
> > 8. Ability to leap over tall buildings in a single bound :-)

Boxer does NOT do this yet.  It does have a transfer menu that you
could implement it with though.


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