Re: powerful editors versus IDEs (was: License to Steal)

[Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>]

If you're using windows, Kedit for Windows has the best of both worlds,
either GUI or command line or both in whatever mixture you might need.
Emulate virtually any other editor, extremely powerful macros and native
command set.  Not sure if there's a syntax highlighting recognition file
for Ada, but fairly easy to create one that's reasonably comprehensive. 
http://www.kedit.com  I mix usage with Visual Studio by adding Kedit to
the "tools" menu.

"Beard, Frank" wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Dennison [mailto:dennison@telepath.com]
> 
> > I consider a macro facility to be necessary (ever needed to space over 4
> spaces
> > in 300 declarations, or create a declaration for each number in another
> file?),
> > and I notice its not in your list.
> 
> I was listing what it has, not what it is missing.  As far as the 4 spaces
> example,
> if you are talking about indenting the 300 declarations over 4 spaces, then
> yes
> that is the indent/unindent that I listed.  If you are talking about adding
> 4 spaces
> in the middle of a line, as in wanting to move the colons (:) in the
> declarations
> over 4 spaces to keep them all lined up, then that is what I called the
> "repeat"
> feature from emacs, which I do miss.  But it is far from a monumental
> problem unless
> you have a huge number of lines involved, which doesn't seem to happen that
> often.
> 
> > The way I open a file in emacs is by hitting ctrl-D to bring up dired-mode
> on
> > one of the file's parent directories. Then I browse down the directory
> tree
> > until I find the file by using the 'f' or "Enter" key. It doesn't sound
> > significatly different.
> 
> You're right, it is similar, but less user friendly and less aesthetically
> pleasing,
> at least to me.
> 
> > Sometimes, using emacs' file name completion I don't need to go through
> all that
> > effort. The Windows Open Dialog has no such capability.
> 
> That's not exactly true, it does have something similar, in that after you
> bring up
> the dialog box (just as in the ObjectAda project window), if you begin
> typing
> characters, it will jump you to the nearest matching name.  Then you can
> pick from
> that part of the list.  Windows Explorer works the same way.
> 
> I really don't want to start an editor war.  Everyone has their own
> preference.
> Emacs is a powerful editor (as is vi).  I just don't like the more primitive
> look
> and feel.
> 
> Frank