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From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: RE: powerful editors versus IDEs (was: License to Steal)
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In article <hSfK6.8063$vg1.667986@www.newsranger.com>, Ted Dennison<dennison@telepath.com> writes:
> In article <mailman.989428626.10442.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, Beard, Frank
> says...
>>However, the ObjectAda (for Windows) IDE does allow you
> ..
>>It has most of what I consider to be necessary features:
> 
> 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.

Although I prefer TECO (somewhat more powerful than a Macro facility),
if those 300 lines are adjacent the feature I hear GUI editor fans
espouse is "rectangular cut and paste".