OpenEuphoria

Re: ed.ex / non-gui editors - survey

• Posted by Ken Rhodes <ken_rhodes30436 at yahoo.com> Dec 01, 2001
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I like ed.ex quite a lot and will continue to adapt it
for my needs. 

Yet I must agree with many of the comments posted in
response to this survey...

I first downloaded a version of Euphoria from a local
bulletin board in maybe 94 or 95.  It was described as
being a hobby language that was easier to use than
BASIC - that caught my eye! :)  Well, basically i
couldn't get off the ground with it.  And I think
frustrations with ed.ex then was the major problem.

When I finally got on the net I did a search to see if
the language had prospered. I found the Official
Euphoria Home Page. Maybe 4 or 5 user contributions
were listed at the bottom of the page then - I
remember Art's db enhancement to the Rob's demo was
posted.

So I downloaded Euphoria 1.3 I think it was and
persevered with ed.ex.  Once I learned it, I really
liked it... but there was a learning curve.  And I did
miss not having mouse support. I was very excited when
David Cuny posted ee and I began to use it. However,
now I found myself annoyed by not being able to view
at least portions of separate open files on the screen
at the same time.  And although often there were
keystroke alternatives to drop down menu features, by
now I was accustomed to the ed.ex approach and did not
feel it was worth it to adapt to ee. EE is without
doubt an excellent editor - I think it did and still
does serve to illustrate Euphoria's power by giving
new user's a reference point of comparisom with the MS
DOS editor which so many people were familiar with.

So much for nostalgia. GUI applications are where its
at.

I believe that the editor bundled with Euphoria is by
far the most important factor in forming a first
impression upon new users.  And new users at this
point in time virtually require a GUI editor.

I am rue to see RDS develop a Win32lib editor that
obviously would not run on LINUX.

Therefore, my hope is that David Cuny will prevail in
his intention to implement WxWindows for Euphoria.  I
urge RDS to do everything possible to assist David
with that project. 

My thinking of course is that an Euphoria WxWindows
library will allow RDS to write a cross platform GUI
editor. Right now ed.ex is the only Euphoria editor
that I am aware of that runs "as is" on Windows and
Linux.

Kenneth Rhodes