Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry From: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CEDPro Release 2 questions Message-ID: <1039@madnix.UUCP> Date: 9 Jan 90 05:27:34 GMT References: Reply-To: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Organization: ASDG Incorporated Lines: 82 In article portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: >Perhaps Perry, or somebody with a copy of CEDPro Rel 2, can answer the >following questions: > * Can CEDPro edit files larger than physical memory? No, CEDPro is bound by physical memory. > * Can CEDPro handle more file buffers than physical memory > will allow? Nope. Actually, CEDPro will deal with 10 file buffers (called views) max. The ability to have hidden views (ie: more than will fit on the screen) is one list for someday. > * Does CEDPro release memory back to the system when a buffer > is eliminated, or does its "working set" continue to > increase during the lifetime of the program's run? When a view is eliminated, its memory is release immediately. > * Is it possible to get some sort of a shell running in a > CEDPro window, either automatically or through a batch of > ARexx hacks? On the face of it, I think the answer is no. However, you can launch DOS and ARexx commands from CEDPro at will. > * Does CEDPro support anything like the Emacs "kill ring", > which remembers the last n text deletions and allows you to > choose among them when inserting text into the current > buffer? This can be handled in one of several ways. CEDPro does have a progressive UNDO/REDO. You can scroll back your session to the point where something that doesn't exist any more, did exist and then copy that to the paste buffer and then redo the changes (having the paste buffer preserved). Grody, I know. Now that CEDPro has AmigaDOS clipboard support (think of it as multiple named paste buffers) you could easily write ARexx programs to implement this. > * Does CEDPro support anything like the Emacs "incremental > search", where the editor searches for the string as it is > being typed? If not, would it be possible to implement it > via ARexx? Would it be easy? The native search mode is not incremental, however I do believe this could be done fairly easily with ARexx. > * Does CEDPro come with a C programming mode, which does > auto-indentation of C code, match parentheses and braces, > and offers commands for cursor movement that operate around > C syntax? Is it easy to customize indentation styles? > Would it be easy to extend the facility to handle C++ > syntax? Autoindenting and matching of parenthetics are builtin features of the editor. ARexx programs can now easily be written for more advanced cursor movement and other language support. >I like the concept of a fast, powerful editor that takes advantage of >the Amiga interface and uses ARexx as its extension language. >However, after five years using Emacs, I'm enough of an Emacs bigot >that I don't want to lose features by changing editors. You're a demanding customer. So far, the most demanding customer we've had was Carl Sassenrath, but I think you've got him beat on your VM file handling demands. Best advice is to try the editor out at your local dealer. However, he/she won't Release 2 (we've been bitten by boxes from hell) until we can get some decent packaging (whimper). We expect stores to be stocked with Release 2 by the end of January. Thanks for the interest. pk -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg