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From: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Capps' Editor Construction Kit
Message-ID: <12358@santra.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 08:02:05 GMT
References: <48@melbcae.edu.au> <332STORKEL@RICE>
Reply-To: jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki)
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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In article <332STORKEL@RICE> STORKEL@RICE.BITNET (Scott Storkel) writes:
>Has anyone used the CAPPS' Editor Construction Kit from Think? Exactly what
>kind of routines does this package include, and how useful are they? Don't
>suppose anyone has tried to use these libraries with another compiler, such
>as MPW, have they? Any comments would be appreciated.

The interface is almost identical to the TextEdit interface. It does not do
autowrapping text, but it is very memory efficient and fast. The editor does
not support text of multiple sizes or fonts, but it does allow imbedding
styled text. If you edit a small amount of text, use TextEdit, but if you're
planning on a real text editor for files larger than 8K, try CAPPS.

The GREP utility was the main reason I wanted Capps, but the editor stuff is
very good too.  I haven't used it yet, but I plan to. The sample editors are
worth the price of the whole package. Real GREP is powerful! (Of course the
Lighgtspeed C editor already has GREP)

The routines will NOT work with MPW.

Juri Munkki
jmunkki@santra.hut.fi
jmunkki@fingate.bitnet