Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!ames!uhccux!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!manuel!ccadfa!prolix!dac From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Emacs for the Amiga 1000 ? (MicroEmacs?) Message-ID: <1887432a.ARN09843@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> Date: 15 Jan 91 12:28:58 GMT References: <1991Jan10.010629.6752@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> <723@cbmger.UUCP> <17399@cbmvax.commodore.com><18834327.ARN09723@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> Reply-To: ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!Dac Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Distribution: comp Organization: I'm not an Organization - I'm a person! Lines: 49 In article , Mike (My Watch Has Windows writes: > In article <18834327.ARN09723@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) writes: > > I value my time, more than I value any supposed 'across architecture' > editing rubbish. I have to put up with ISPF, EDNA, and Edlin. I don't need > the hassle of 'compatibility' to bog me down on my home machine. > > I agree with that. My "home" machine (the one I spend the most time > working on) is a DS3100. No cygnus ed here. Lot's of versions of Hardly astute of you to point that out in an _Amiga_ area! :-) > of keystrokes. That way, I can use muscle memory on both systems, and > don't have to get bogged down thinking about which editor I'm using. Some people don't have a choice of editor. I do. I'm thankful that I have the nouce to be able to exercise my choice. Mentioning that CED was the best thing since bitblts is my way of saying 'look, there is this neat editor, you ought to try it.' There are other reasons, but they don't look as nice, since ego jumps in and spoils the view. > In article <4407@mindlink.UUCP> a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) writes: > > A few other things: It [CED] has an ARexx interface; it's really > wild to run a little ARexx program and suddenly have the editor > screen pop to the front and start doing all sorts of things > automagically. The included demo will knock your socks off. > > Actually, that sounds like a real waste of time. If I'm running an > ARexx macro, I don't want the editor taking time to redraw the window Gack. You don't have to have Arexx use CED to do things. What Charlie was saying is that you CAN do that. It's very nice to be able to control ALL of the editor from within an Arexx script. That way I can call the macro, and have it leave the editor in a state that I find useful - resize the window (I usually use split screen mode), and place the cursor back where it was, ready for me to go on reading. It is hard not to understate the value of Arexx ports. > errors (you do use an Arexx-driven spelling checker, don't you?). Now that's cruel. >