From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/26532 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: RFC: 'What would you like in an Text Editor?' Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:43:06 +0200 Message-ID: <20DAB890-BB7F-4BE2-9ADF-452029DC1C96@uni-bonn.de> References: <4427A144.9020001@elvenkind.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1143467128 606 80.91.229.2 (27 Mar 2006 13:45:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Mar 27 15:45:25 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FNs20-0001rk-1v for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2289127B7; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 25956-06; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EE00127AA; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:09 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CCF127AA for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:08 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26182-02 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com (mailout02.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 87B9E12772 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from fwd29.aul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1FNs1o-0007mt-01; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:45:04 +0200 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (Xje7SOZfZefyVb4XlznsNAWq06GXAgCN-2RWZOxNiCkpKHuK7+igZg@[84.172.88.108]) by fwd29.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1FNs1W-1OYHQW0; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:44:46 +0200 In-Reply-To: <4427A144.9020001@elvenkind.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.3) X-ID: Xje7SOZfZefyVb4XlznsNAWq06GXAgCN-2RWZOxNiCkpKHuK7+igZg@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 35634d53-9a8b-4f04-b681-ed45bf810c3f X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:26532 Archived-At: OK, what the man said, plus: * not only different encodings, but also easy way of reencoding files; * fonts and colors are easily customizable (maybe different schemes for syntax highlighting); * line numbers in the margin; * large chunks of text can be commented out easily; * I would love the powerful regex search/replace of vim and emacs with a somehwat simpler (GUI-driven?) interface; * easy support for different utf planes; * customizable support for ConTeXt environments, commands, etc., ConTeXt can be called from within the editor with a simple shortcut. What I find useless: - I want an editor, not a pseudo operating system, so I don't need a shell within the editor; - I don't use spellchecking (too error-prone). Thomas (who still can't make up his mind whether he likes emacs + auctex or gvim better) On Mar 27, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > Jeffrey Drake wrote: >> If you were going to use an editor for context usage (potentially >> integrated into a Context suite), what features would you like from >> it? > > * Good spellchecking, including private and special-purpose dicts. > * A re-wrap paragraph implementation that leaves lines that do not > start with alphanumerics alone > * support for different input encodings, notably utf-8 and iso-latinX > * CRLF/LF/CR conversions > * regular expression search (&replace) > * configurable syntax highlighting > * adjustable font size > * support for large (log) files (>100MB) > * rectangle selection > * difference checking > >> Especially interested in what features in regular editors are quite >> useless to have around all the time. I tried the scite in the context >> mswindows distro, and didn't find it the most visually appealing and >> slightly cumbersome in configuration. > > I use emacs almost all the time, with SciTE slowly gaining ground. > SciTE is rather ok, but definately too minimalistic for my taste. > > These days I can do without gnus (nntp), vm (mail) and auctex, but I > use dired (file management), vc (revision control), gnuserv > (client|server interface), other-window|other-frame (extra > windows/viewports) and the calendar|diary fulltime. > > Cheers, taco > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context