Re: editors - open source - written in ADA?

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

What about making a subprogram that takes an Unbounded_String as a parameter
and allows the user to edit the content of that string? A system dependent
or user selectable editor could underly it - or perhaps some
semi-standardized editor could be built under it and made in flavors that
would work on popular platforms? Would this be a useful thing to have as a
standard component?

I could imagine two useful versions: One that just dealt with standard
character data and one that dealt with XML. THere might need to be some
other options as well with respect to how the editor is displayed &
interacted with, but it seems like as nice utility to have around in some
standard context.

MDC
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"Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote in message
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>
> On VMS the standard for editors is to make them "callable", so they
> can be activated in a uniform fashion by either the (minimal) EDIT
> program or any other application that needs an editor.  So the user
> gets their choice of editor with their choice of program.
>