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From: KOFOID@cc.utah.edu
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Subject: Re: Think Pascal Wishes...?
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Date: 26 Sep 90 14:22:52 MDT
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I would also like to complement Symantec on the decision to solicit
advice directly from users.

I am in substantial agreement with most of the suggestions thus far made.
I would also like Symantec to add hooks to foreign editors. I would far
prefer an Emacs-like editor, such as Alpha or a highly customizable
editor, such as QUED to the THINK editor, which I find brain-damaged. In
every other respect, THINK Pascal is an utter joy to use compared to
other systems. However, I want

{1} to format my code *exactly* the way *I* wish;
{2} to do regular-expression search and replace, forwards and backwards;
{3} to write macros;
{4} to block comment code;
{5} to treat the alternate comment braces ("(* *)") as "error braces" 
to comment already partially commented text;
{6} to read or write text files without the stupid pretty-printer futzing
them up;
{7} to comment-number code at the beginning of each line, these lines
being an example;
{8} etc.

Cheers,

Eric

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