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From: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Questions about KEDIT
Message-ID: <1603@wjvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Aug 89 15:56:56 GMT
References: <2142@csuna.csun.edu>
Reply-To: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Organization: Watkins-Johnson Co., San Jose, Calif.
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In article <2142@csuna.csun.edu> abcscnuk@csuna.csun.edu (Naoto Kimura) writes:
>I'd like to know from those of you who have tried KEDIT, I have a few
>questions : 
>
>--  Does it support features like marking blocks to be hidden ?
I'm not sure what you mean by hiding, but it definately supports block
moves, copying, and deletions.

>--  What kind of pattern matching does it use for search/replace ?
I don't think it supports regular expression pattern matching, but it 
does have a very good search facilities.  You can search/locate text 
either up or down, case sensetive or not, within a given zone (column),
and even based on its hex equivalent.

>--  Does it support things like setting the display to be hex ?
>    (hmm... now that I think about this one, I can't remember if XEDIT
>    was the editor that had it or if I had that when I was using
>    the WYLBUR environment)
If you set HEXDISPLAY to ON, it will display at the right of the status
line the hexadecimal and decimal values of the ASCII code for the
character under which the cursor is located.

>--  Does it support the prefix columns, and can you move it to either
>    right or left as in IBM XEDIT ?
>--  Does it support multiple windows ?  Can it split the screen both
>    vertically and horizontally ?
>--  Does it come with a REXX interpreter, or does it have to be
>    purchased separately ?  If I don't have a REXX interpeter already
>    and I need to purchase one separately, does that mean that I won't
>    be able to write macro programs ?
Yes to all of the above.  It comes with a subset of the REXX (which they
call KEXX).  It's really pretty good and you can write very powerful
macros with it.  You can  also buy a separate REXX package from them
called Personl REXX.  In my opinion, I think it's a great product.
It's available directly from:
	Mansfield Software Group 
	P.O. Box 532
	Storrs, CT 06268
	(203) 429-8402


  Mario Dona
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  The above opinions are mine alone and not, in any way, those of WJ.