Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Steve Lamb wrote: > > Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 1:27:53 PM, Keith wrote: > >> One downside of vim that I just remembered, be careful the need for > >> slamming the ESC key. Windows likes to think it means "shut this window > >> NOW!" > >> and if you have the confirmation turned off you lose m

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-25 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Joey Hess wrote: > > Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > The problem I see in 5.3 is less subtle. > > > > It will mess up this: > > > > $whatever =~ /thingiem/; > > > > Thinks the 'm/' is the beginning of a match and colorizes it, messing up > > subsequent lines as well! > > Doesn't happen here. > > Pack

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Joey Hess
Keith G. Murphy wrote: > The problem I see in 5.3 is less subtle. > > It will mess up this: > > $whatever =~ /thingiem/; > > Thinks the 'm/' is the beginning of a match and colorizes it, messing up > subsequent lines as well! Doesn't happen here. Package: vim Version: 5.6.012-1 -- see shy j

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Steve Lamb
Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 1:27:53 PM, Keith wrote: >> One downside of vim that I just remembered, be careful the need for >> slamming the ESC key. Windows likes to think it means "shut this window >> NOW!" >> and if you have the confirmation turned off you lose messages in your Windows >> emai

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 2:23:00 PM, Viktor wrote: > Does VIM include color syntax highlighting on the console? I skimmed > over the VIM-HOWTO, but I could only manage to get color syntax > highlighting in gvim. Yes, it does. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrin

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
Sean wrote: > > Frank Mehnert wrote: > > > I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax > > highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast editor in > > Debian with that feature built in? > > VIM Does VIM include color syntax highlighting on the console?

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Steve Lamb wrote: [cut] > The /only/ perl construct I know of that doesn't work is > something like this: > > if ($foo =~ /bar\/blam/){ > } > The problem I see in 5.3 is less subtle. It will mess up this: $whatever =~ /thingiem/; Thinks the 'm/' is the beginning of a match and colorizes it, mes

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Frank Barknecht wrote: > [cut] > > Hey, no problem here with highlighting that code snippet using > > VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled Feb 10 2000 17:28:27) > (official wichert debian package) > Hey, where can I get that? The one from frozen (vim-perl 5.6.070-1, vim compiled May 1)

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Frank Barknecht
Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote: > Shao Zhang hat gesagt: // Shao Zhang wrote: > > > The worst case that I have seen in vim, is the multiline regexp > > with quotes in it. And it is even worse if I only want to match > > the beginning quote. See example below: > >

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Frank Barknecht
Shao Zhang hat gesagt: // Shao Zhang wrote: > The worst case that I have seen in vim, is the multiline regexp > with quotes in it. And it is even worse if I only want to match > the beginning quote. See example below: > > $hello =~ s{ > \"hello world >

Re[3]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-24 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, The worst case that I have seen in vim, is the multiline regexp with quotes in it. And it is even worse if I only want to match the beginning quote. See example below: $hello =~ s{ \"hello world }{ hello

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Joey Hess
Keith G. Murphy wrote: > This leads to a question I've been interested in. I've noticed vim's > Perl syntax highlighting to be, hmmm, not always what it should be. (As > some have said, only perl can parse Perl). Any opinions on which editor > has the *best* Perl syntax highlighting? IMHO, vim.

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Mats Rynge
Steve Lamb wrote: > Not to mention I fail to see how Emacs got into the discussion of "Simple > Text Editor..." Lisp interpreters with dillusions of OShood doesn't meet any > of those three words. Fox X I would use Nedit. Very easy to use and great highlighting. Actually, this is the only o

Re: Re[2]: Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread John S Jacobs Anderson
on 5/23/00 1:49 PM, Steve Lamb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 10:46:21 AM, John wrote: >> Saying emacs isn't a text editor is like saying that a Leatherman isn't a >> pocket knife -- it may be literally true, but is extremely misleading in >> fact. > > Hey, don't tell me.

Re[2]: Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 10:46:21 AM, John wrote: > Have you perhaps never used emacs? I have. > Saying emacs isn't a text editor is like saying that a Leatherman isn't a > pocket knife -- it may be literally true, but is extremely misleading in > fact. Hey, don't tell me. Tell all the Em

Re: Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread John S Jacobs Anderson
on 5/23/00 1:37 PM, Steve Lamb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Right, because were are still on simple editor. Again, I fail to see how > Emacs qualifies since it isn't simple nor is it a text editor. (Please note that I changed the subject line a couple messages back, to remove the 'simple'.) Ha

Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 10:21:36 AM, Frank wrote: > Hey, no problem here with highlighting that code snippet using > VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled Feb 10 2000 17:28:27) > (official wichert debian package) Hmmm. I guess I'm just set in my ways because... work: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 8:41:46 AM, John wrote: > Go back and read the text you snipped. The question got changed to "text > editor with best Perl syntax highlighting", without a concomitant change in > subject line. (X)Emacs certainly qualifies, despite it's editing functions > being only a subset

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Frank Barknecht
Steve Lamb hat gesagt: // Steve Lamb wrote: > Vim. I've not seen a problem with its highlighting that didn't also > improve the readability of my code when I got in the habit of getting it to > colorize right. The /only/ perl construct I know of that doesn't work is > something like this: >

Perl syntax highlighting in (X)Emacs (was Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread John S Jacobs Anderson
>> (X)Emacs with CPerl mode. > > Even that's not, hmmm, what it should be. Cases that come to mind are > certain regular expressions and here documents. Unless I've been > using a different Perl mode in Emacs. I haven't noticed any issues, but I don't make huge usage of here documents, and I te

Text editor with good Perl syntax highlighting (was Re: Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?)

2000-05-23 Thread John S Jacobs Anderson
on 5/23/00 11:28 AM, Steve Lamb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not to mention I fail to see how Emacs got into the discussion of "Simple > Text Editor..." Lisp interpreters with dillusions of OShood doesn't meet any > of those three words. Go back and read the text you snipped. The question got c

Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 7:39:16 AM, Jesse wrote: >> (X)Emacs with CPerl mode. > Even that's not, hmmm, what it should be. Cases that come to mind are > certain regular expressions and here documents. Unless I've been > using a different Perl mode in Emacs. Not to mention I fail to see how Em

Re[2]: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, May 23, 2000, 6:57:22 AM, Keith wrote: > This leads to a question I've been interested in. I've noticed vim's > Perl syntax highlighting to be, hmmm, not always what it should be. (As > some have said, only perl can parse Perl). Any opinions on which editor > has the *best* Perl syntax

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Michael Stenner
On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 09:39:16AM -0500, Jesse Jacobsen wrote: > On 05/23/00, John S Jacobs Anderson addressed "Re: Simple Text Editor with > Synatx highlighting?": > > on 5/23/00 9:57 AM, Keith G. Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This leads to a question

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Ron Rademaker
How about fte (fte-console or fte under x)?? Ron Rademaker On Tue, 23 May 2000, Jesse Jacobsen wrote: > On 05/23/00, John S Jacobs Anderson addressed "Re: Simple Text Editor with > Synatx highlighting?": > > on 5/23/00 9:57 AM, Keith G. Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
On 05/23/00, John S Jacobs Anderson addressed "Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?": > on 5/23/00 9:57 AM, Keith G. Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This leads to a question I've been interested in. I've noticed vim's > > Perl syntax h

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread John S Jacobs Anderson
on 5/23/00 9:57 AM, Keith G. Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This leads to a question I've been interested in. I've noticed vim's > Perl syntax highlighting to be, hmmm, not always what it should be. (As > some have said, only perl can parse Perl). Any opinions on which editor > has the *be

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Peter Good
I may get flamed for this lol, but i've always used mcedit for perl stuff, pretty perl colour highlighting :) Peter. "Keith G. Murphy" wrote: > > Richard Klinda wrote: > > > > Hoi Frank, ALL! > > > > Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is > > Frank> syntax highlig

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Richard Klinda wrote: > > Hoi Frank, ALL! > > Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is > Frank> syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a > Frank> small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? > > fte, vim, jed (emacs ;-)) > This lea

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 23 May 2000, Philip Lehman wrote: > On Tue, 23 May 2000, Armin Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Use vim. It's hard to learn, but it is worse it. > > Interesting typo ;) > > (I'm writing this as a non-native speaker, no offence intended) > > -- > Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > V

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Philip Lehman
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Armin Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Use vim. It's hard to learn, but it is worse it. Interesting typo ;) (I'm writing this as a non-native speaker, no offence intended) -- Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-23 Thread Armin Wegner
Use vim. It's hard to learn, but it is worse it. It's fast.

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 08:59:56PM +0200, Richard Klinda wrote: > Hoi Frank, ALL! > > Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is > Frank> syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a > Frank> small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? > >

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Richard Klinda
Hoi Frank, ALL! Frank> I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is Frank> syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a Frank> small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? fte, vim, jed (emacs ;-)) -- ignotus

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Monday, May 22, 2000, 8:36:38 AM, Frank wrote: > I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax > highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast editor in > Debian with that feature built in? I'd highly recommend vim. I was die-hard set against any vi or

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Philip Lehman
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax >highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast >editor in Debian with that feature built in? jed? -- Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Sean
Frank Mehnert wrote: > I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax > highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast editor in > Debian with that feature built in? VIM

Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?

2000-05-22 Thread Frank Mehnert
Hi, I'm using joe for many purposes. The only feature I miss is syntax highlighting in C. Are there any hints for such a small and fast editor in Debian with that feature built in? Frank -- Frank Mehnert ## Dept. of Computer Science, Dresden University of Technology, Germany ## ## E-Mail: [EMAIL