Aucbvax.4788
fa.editor-p
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!editor-people
Thu Oct 29 10:58:34 1981

>From ucsfcgl!sdcarl!sdcatta!sdcsvax!brent@Berkeley Thu Oct 29 10:09:29 1981
To whom it may concern:
  I am an avid fan of `emacs', and I have thought of a few ideas
for future expansion of this editor.

	o  Develop "plug-in" compiler modules, with one as `default'
	   (i.e. ^X^E ==> C, Pascal, Lisp, etc.)  Allow users to change
	   compiler definitions, or add new ones, and watch the art
	   of computer languages grow!

	o  Design those compilers around a "stop-and-go" procedure
	   that leaves the cursor where the parser encountered an
	   error, and print the error.  Allow the user to make a
	   change, and resume compilation from before the change.

	o  This would, in essence, develop an interpretive editor
	   that could be incorporated as the main feature of an
	   operating system.  Retain the shell escapes as extensions
	   to the editor, allowing the editor to become a shell itself!

  Any reply will be welcomed.
	Brent
	(sdcsvax^brent)