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 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
