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From: u800552@lanl.gov (James R. White)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Editors for C programming
Summary: My favorite editor - Aedit
Message-ID: <52983@lanl.gov>
Date: 3 Jun 90 14:35:16 GMT
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Organization: Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.
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The best amiga editor I have used is Aedit, available from

Joe Bostic
DRM Software
1329 Arthur Ave.
Las Vegas, NV  89101

As I recall, it cost between 30-40 dollars.  In my opinion,
it is the best software value I have purchased for my Amiga.
I have used Aedit to write FORTRAN and C source code,
prepare 100+ pages of technical reports, as well as edit
printer drivers! (You can edit binary files with the thing!)
The editor will run either from workbench (it will make
project icons if you want it to), and I use it constantly.
The editor allows you to easily edit files that contain
non-printing characters - these appear in the highlight
color.  For example, a line feed will appear as a red
uppercase L.  The editor has a multiple undo feature that is
essential.

One of the best features of the editor is that it will allow
you to prepare a file containing commands that the editor
will execute. I use the editor in batch files as described
below:

I am working on a program called AmigaPlot, the c source
code is stored in a file called AmigaPlot.c, and must be
liked with the source code stored in the file ScreenDump.c.

The front-end to AmigaPlot.c looks like the following:

 echo ; /*
 ;
 ; to compile this program, just execute this file!
 ;
 FAILAT 50
 ;
 ; delete old object and executable files
 ;
 IF EXISTS AmigaPlot
    Delete AmigaPlot
 ENDIF
 IF EXISTS AmigaPlot.o
    Delete AmigaPlot.o
 ENDIF
 ;
 ; compile ScreenDump if necessary
 ;
 IF NOT EXISTS ScreenDump.o
    echo "ScreenDump.o does not exist - compiling ScreenDump"
    LC > listfile -cwus -b -f -l -v -r ScreenDump
    IF NOT EXISTS ScreenDump.o
       echo "You Screwed Up! - Invoking Aedit"
       aedit ScreenDump.c -w -e Debug.exe
       echo "I hope That Fixed It - Try Again!"
       quit
    ELSE
       echo "Screendump compiled successfully"
       echo "The list file is as follows"
       type Listfile
    ENDIF
 ENDIF
 echo "Compiling AmigaPlot with compiler output directed to listfile"
 LC > listfile -cwus -b -f -l -v -r -Lcdf+ScreenDump.o AmigaPlot
 IF NOT EXISTS AmigaPlot.o
    echo "You Screwed Up! - Invoking Aedit"
    aedit AmigaPlot.c -w -e Debug.exe
    echo "I hope That Fixed It - Try Again!"
    quit
 ELSE
     echo "AmigaPlot compiled successfully - the list file follows"
     type Listfile
 endif
 echo "All Done"
 quit
 */

The debug.exe file looks like the following:

 Buffer 2
 Open Listfile
 /rror/

Thus if the compiler fails to create an object file, this
batch file automatically runs the Aedit editor on the source
file (in Buffer 1) and the compiler output listing (in
Buffer 2), then searches for a string in the compiler output
listing that would point to an error message. Thus when I
say

1> execute AmigaPlot.c

I either get the editor invoked (in the case of no successful compilation)
or a compiled and linked program.

Note also that the AmigaPlot.c file is BOTH the batch file
that makes the code as well as the c-source code for
AmigaPlot.
-- 
 James R. (Bob) White            ||  U800552@beta.lanl.gov
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