Jim, Surprisingly, the c syntax colorations that kate defaults to still are helpful in M. I.e. numbers are different colors. And many M commands (i.e. for, do) are colored as per c.
I would like to play with Bluefish. Someday... Thanks Kevin --- Jim Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin wrote: > >Regarding editors, I really like kate that comes > with RH9. It is not as powerful as vim > or gvim, but the learning curve is not nearly as > steep. :-) > > Kate (included in the KDE desktop) seems to be quite > a capable editor with lots of > advanced features. On closer inspection, it appears > more similar to Bluefish than I > remembered. I mentioned Bluefish because it seems to > combine a great deal of capability > with a familiar easy-to-learn user interface that > includes easy customization. > > It appears that adding a filetype for MUMPS to Kate > would be a simple matter of writing an > appropriately formatted XML definition of the MUMPS > syntax. However, if you are not > already familiar with the format of Kate syntax > files, it would take much less time and > effort to do it with Bluefish because Bluefish > includes a user interface that facilitates > defining components of the syntax a little bit with > instant feedback as to how it affects > display of the source code you have open in the > editor. > > Bluefish also includes an interface for defining > dialog boxes to help automate the > construction of commonly used constructs for > insertion with data into your source. This > would appear to be useful in constructing the XML > files you have been creating to automate > VistA setup or to facilitate construction of code to > call a Fileman API in MUMPS. > > --------------------------------------- > Jim Self > Systems Architect, Lead Developer > VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis > (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
