Saturday, January 15, 2000, 8:06:40 AM, Allie wrote:
> Yes, this different slant that different editors tend to be better at
> editing for different tasks, tends deviate from the strength in Steve's
> point. A single editor ideal for *all* tasks is a less likely scenario than
> a single editor for e-mail, news and such.
That is why I pointed out that editing mail, news and several other
functions are just, at the core ASCII editing. There are editors out there
that have been developed for years that specialize in just ASCII editing.
They can be tuned for the specific task at hand. For example, what is the
difference between context highlighting text and context highlighting quotes?
Nothing. The "quotes" are considered code comments and are highlighted
accordingly.
When you look at the base level and how to handle the data as ASCII
editing with all the functions that are similar, you see that a "general
editor for ASCII editing" doesn't fall prey to problems of mediocrity that
multiple-application programs do. Why? Everything is focused on one thing,
editing text.
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