Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CygnusEd questions Message-ID: Date: 1 Aug 89 15:40:56 GMT References: <0665.AA0665@worsel> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 64 In article <0665.AA0665@worsel> blaine@worsel.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: > I bought CygnusEd Professional a couple of weeks ago, and I've got a few > questions about it. ASDG has announced that a new version is shipping soon (but wisely didn't say how soon :-) and mentioned that people should send in their registration cards so that they get the "official news". > 1) Why does CED trash the Script protection bit? Am I doomed forever to > editors that are unaware that 1.3 has been released? When can an upgrade > be expected to fix this bug? The new version fixes this. >[ a couple file-request questions ] Yes, the post said that there will be a significantly new file requester. Personally, I was impressed with the old one. I can't wait for the new one. I assume most of your wishes will be answered. > 3) Is there any way to remap the arrow keys to so that Shift-Arrow moves a > WORD instead of beginning/end of LINE? Both Conman and TxEd have > conditioned me to think that this is the way that "THINGS SHOULD BE". The new version will let you assign a macro to any key (that was an artificial limit, they said) so you can make SHIFT-ARROW do what ever you want. > 4) Can CED be made to save multiple backups (again like TxEd)? Sure it > wastes disk space, but it's mine to waste. I deep sixed a file by saving > it under the wrong name, and I didn't have my safety net to fall on. :-( I don't know. I guess with ARexx you could. :-) > 5) Does anyone have some whizzy Arexx macros or CED configurations they'd > care to share? There's a lot to this editor, and any help learning its > tricks would be appreciated. I have some, but they are a bit specific to what I was doing on that day. > 6) Can SnipIt be made to work with CED? Anything I cut from the CED screen > comes out as garbage. I think they mentioned new clip-board support. After 1.4 is released I think we'll see most applications supporting the clipboard a lot more. >[ rave review and mention of a lack of index ] Yes, I'm glad I bought it too. The table of contents is almost as good as an index, but yes, I'd like to see an index too. > Blaine Gardner @ worsel UUCP: uunet!iconsys!caeco!i-core!worsel!blaine Regular disclaimer: I'm not an employee of ASDG but I'm a satisfied customer (and I've met Perry). -Tom -- Tom Limoncelli -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net Drew University -- Box 1060, Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 Standard Disclaimer: I am not the mouth-piece of Drew University :) Is it my imagination or are a lot of people posting everything twice? (: ...or is this some new rule that I don't know about?