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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Richard Siegel)
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Subject: Re: Lightspeed Pascal questions
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Date: Sat, 7-Nov-87 11:51:44 EST
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In article <3770005@hpvcla.HP.COM> stevem@hpvcla.HP.COM (Steve Miller) writes:
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>    Does making the editor more flexible also mean being able to turn on/off
>    the syntax checking at will so that non-Pascal files can be edited too.

	I don't think it will be possible to turn off the editor completely.
Usually what I do when I need to edit a non-Pascal file (C source, or
generic textfile) I use a desk accessory text editor, like AppleEdit...

>    Also it would be nice to turn it off when some wicked editing of a Pascal
>    routine needs to be done, and then turn it on when complete to see if
>    everything was done correctly.

	Again, I'm not sure that you'll be able to toggle the editor in
and out at random. What defines "wicked editing"?

>      -Steven Miller


		--Rich


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