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From: trier@cwlim.CWRU.EDU (Stephen C. Trier)
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Subject: Re: Textbooks on how to write editors -- info wanted
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Date: 7 Jul 90 04:28:56 GMT
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In article <25697@unix.cis.pitt.edu> rozin@unix.cis.pitt.edu (R Rozin) writes:
>The book "Advanced C Programming for Displays", by Mark Rochkind, presents,
>in a bottom up fashion, the design and implementation of a complete screen
>editor in C.

I was rather disappointed by this book, although I did learn a bit about
keyboard handling from it.  The editor itself is very simple and the author
does not address screen updating with any but very simple editor data
structures.  The discussion of editor design is only incidental to the
author's main goal, which is to present screen and keyboard control
techniques.

Unfortunately, even when discussing display programming, the author glosses
over the design issues behind the implementation.  Instead of describing
alternative approaches, he explains the details of a single implementation
of each module.  His coverage of his implementation is excellent; what
is missing is a description of the other ways to perform the same tasks.

For those of you looking for the book, it's published by Prentice-Hall,
ISBN 0-13-010240-7.  I found it cataloged under QA 76.73.C15 R63 in our
library; your mileage may vary.  Unfortunately, my copy was due back
yesterday.  (Oops!)

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