Date:	Tue, 26 Sep 95 22:20:38 EDT
From:	"Iota (Tom Wenisch)" <FRITZW AT URIACC DOT URI DOT EDU>
Subject:	Re: IDE for DJGPP?
To:	Brendan Simon <brendan AT rdt DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

On Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:09:48 +1100 (GMT+11:00) you said:
>>    There certaintly are plenty of decent programmer's editors out there, but
>I
>> think it would be a good move to release one in the DJGPP distribution for
>> those who never owned Borland's products.  Since the goal of Version 2 is to
>> have DJGPP be totally boot-strapping, it should have its own editor.
>
>Yes I agree, but I think it is important that the user may choose his/her
>preferable editor.  New users probably don't wish to use/learn a VI or
>emacs clone whereas unix users probably do.

  Well, just because we provide an editor doesn't mean we require it.  I know
plenty of Borland users who have skipped the IDE.  Considering the level of
integration between Borland's IDE and compiler, an IDE loosely connected to
DJGPP would help

>Also user customizeable context highlighting is also a priority of mine.  I
>think this comes down to a Easy AND Smart editor.  My personal preference is
>for a multi-window VI editor with some kind of C/C++ context highlighting
>capability.
>
>I don't think the highlighting should be limited to C/C++ only.  There should
>be some kind of library/database for different languages.
>
   I agree entirely.  If you're gonna bother writing a decent editor, you want
it to be configurable enough to work with ANYTHING, not just DJGPP.

>
>PS. I use VI because it is the default editor on most unix boxes and I hate
>swapping between different editors between platforms.  A good VI clone would
>execpt the normal command keys but would also be graphics based, multiwindow
>and MENU-DRIVEN (to make it easier for first timers).
>
>Brendan.
>

 When DJGPP can write Win95 programs, it might be worthwhile to kome up with a
Win95 editor (or at least some level of graphical equivalent).  Perhaps we
could clone some X-Windows editor (I wouldn't know, never used X).


    What else do people think.  Project worthwhile, waste of time?  Portability
a big thing?  Clone a different editor and then "DOS-ify" it for newbies?  Use
a graphical platform?

                                                  -Iota (Tom Wenisch)

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