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From:	rob@plan9.att.com
To:	sam-fans@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Date:	Mon, 27 Mar 1995 11:45:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Editors compendium & sam
Message-Id: <95Mar27.114602est.24072@hawkwind.utcs.utoronto.ca>

it seems that sam doesn't fit their model very well, which doesn't surprise me.
one thing they can't encompass is that the mouse language and command
language solve different sets of problems.

general comments: there is no such thing (in sam as i wrote it, at least) as a
sam macro, so i'm not sure what you mean by the word 'macro'.

details:

	Goto column number: It says you can do this, but I don't know how.  I know
		I can put the cursor anywhere I want with the mouse, but don't know
		how to go to the nth column on a line.
sam has no notion of column, only characters.
	Goto begin next line: ?
+
	Goto begin prev line: ?
-

	Prog lang senstive mode: This says yes, but I don't know of any direct features
		for this.
no
	
	Tag search: Yes, with the help of an external program.
if the program's not there, does that count?

	Interactive debugging: No.
with acid, the external B command does a nice job.

	Syntax highlighting: No.
it's really 'no', but i don't miss it in C because of the double-clicking rules

	Binary editor: They give three categories.  I think this one is closest:
		"displays binary characters doesn't do CR/LF conversion on binary files"
sam throws away nuls; it can't be used on binary files.

	Invertcase curr word: A macro could be written to do this.
	Uppercase curr word: A macro could be written to do this.
	Lowercase curr word: A macro could be written to do this.
command, not macro.

	Indent selected region: Yes, using a macro.
command

	Srch select region: No.
x/pattern/p

	List all occurances: Yes.
occurrences.  tell me this is your typo.

	Internationalization: No.
although it works with any character set and is supported with Unicode.

	Printing: This means "Many editors allow you to print selected text directly
		to a printer".  Yes, with a macro.
command