Actually there is quite a bit that can be done to enhance ED. Al Boehm published in Quanta magazine April 2002 a DO file to move blocks of superbasic under ED. Simon Goodwin wrote an extension called, I think, LDEF to enhance ED by accessing procedures and functions by name, and finally he also wrote a clipboard program and extension that allowed copying and pasting into Superbasic ED and other tasks. Mark Knight tweaked this program and published an update. i expect the Dilwyn's repository will have all these programs.
Regards Duncan -----Original Message----- From: gdgqler <gdgq...@gmail.com> To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:24 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Question from a re-newbie On 13 Dec 2010, at 07:35, John Sadler wrote: > You can use cut & paste in editor. > If I remember correctly you select an area, yank itinto a buffer and then put > it back into a new place > > John > > On Thursday 09 December 2010 21:26, Malcolm Cadman wrote: >> In message <4d00f65a.9070...@t-online.de>, Tobias Fröschle >> <tobias.froesc...@t-online.de> writes >> >>> Am 09.12.2010 15:50, schrieb Rich Mellor: >>>> On 09/12/2010 14:44, Lee Privett wrote: >>>>> Ed (Toolkit II) is a great editor but in coming back to the QL I >>>>> would have thought someone would have come up with a couple of useful >>>>> tweaks by now. >>>>> >>>>> Such as the ability to copy and paste within the editing window and >>>>> using the mouse to put the cursor just where I want it, instead of >>>>> several arrow direction taps to get there. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lee Privett >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> QL-Users Mailing List >>>>> http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm >>>> >>>> I guess no one enhanced Ed any further, as people moved onto using >>>> tools such as Digital Precision's The Editor, or the even better QD >>>> editor from Jochen Merz if they wanted to be able to do this sort of >>>> thing. >>> >>> Yep, that's just about right. I find myself rarely using ed nowadays, >>> even for plain SBASIC programming. QD2 with its feature to remove and >>> add line numbers on the fly makes editing (and properly formatting) >>> programs much easier. >>> I use ED only for small corrections/amendments when actually compiling. >>> >>> Tobias >> >> Hi, >> >> There is an enhanced version of The Editor, after DP folded. >> >> Probably available on a Mr Jones's web site ... :-) > ED has neither cut nor paste! As Wolfgang wrote - use F10 to grab a line. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm