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From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
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Subject: Re: CYGNUS vs GNU (Was Re: Emacs for the Amiga 1000 ?  (MicroEmacs?))
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In article <1891004e.ARN263f@starsoft>, Dave Lowrey writes:

> My problem with CED is that you can't write native CED "scripts". Any
> macros have to be entered directly into the editor, and saved. I you
> have different "modes", you have to re-enter commonly used macros
> and save them for each mode.

If you have 'common macros', when you're building new macro's, it's kinda cute
to press the key sequence to activate an EXISTING macro whilst defining your
new macro. 

Putting it another way, if I have a macro assigned the my "(" on my numeric
keypad, and want to move it to the ")" key on the '0' key, I just do AM()AM,
and it copies the macro to the new key. Therefore if you have your "common
macro's" bound to strange keys, you can 'build' complex macros by adding them
together in a new macro.

I do agree, this is a kludgy way to play with macro's, and a 'MacroEditor'
would be nice. I might write one in Arexx! :-)

> Other than that, and a few other minor gripes, CED works well.
> 
> There are also several other PD editors that work well. Some that come
> to mind are DME, Stevie, and QED.

QED and AZ are pretty hoopy (I used AZ to do global replace, when I was still
limited by the incredibly slow repeat replace in the first releast of CED)

CED is my editor of choice though. It's great.

[This macro editor idea is beginning to sound neater and neater]

>       Dave Lowrey        |  david@starsoft or {uhnix1,lobster}!starsoft!david
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