Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!spraggej
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Friday, 14 Jun 1991 20:25:55 EDT
From: John G. Spragge <SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Message-ID: <91165.202555SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: Editors
References: <27166@adm.brl.mil> <9106128274@bkhouse.cts.com>

In article <9106128274@bkhouse.cts.com>, nkraft@bkhouse.cts.com (Norman Kraft)
says:

>If you're looking to write it into one, though, be sure to base your
>extensions on an editing algorithm that is not just a glorified line
>editor (as many are). Adding column operations to these is a nightmare,
>and is one reason why it is found so rarely in shareware and pd code.

What makes an editor a "glorified line editor" in your book, and how is it
different from editors which are not "glorified line editors"?

disclaimer: Queen's University supplies me with computer services, not
            my opinions.

John G. Spragge