Re: "Webulating" RPG

** Reply to note from therrin@isaac.net (Terry Herrin) Tue, 24 Feb 1998 
23:51:19 GMT

> As I said before, I use it every day for hours on end, and I have 
> absolutely no problem with it.  I don't need a bunch of bells and 
> whistles to produce what I feel is efficient, accurate code in a 
> productive amount of time.  
>  

Terry, of course SEU works. It is a fair text editor. 

But, what if you could display 40 lines on the screen at a time? What if
comment lines were shaded a different color than active lines (in an
environment like ours, that is particularly useful)? 

What if you could improve the functionality of the editor by extending it
with your own functions? 

What about an undo key? What if you could open another session, side by
side with your original, editing the source for a file or screen by just
positioning on the F spec containing the name and hitting a key?

Each of these features is a "nice to have". Not really needed. But when you
have a complete editor where all of these features is present, it isn't
that hard to save a little time here and a little time there. It adds up.

Do you like the ILE debugger? Code/400s debugger is much nicer, and it has
been available for years. How much time debugging could you have saved over
the last few years if you had a better debugger?

I think the only way you can know what the difference would be is if you
give it a shot. 

I am reminded that when I used to mention the advantages I found in OS/2,
my friends using DOS or Windows 3.1 would often say, "But I don't NEED
multi tasking. I only run one program at a time." Of course, because you
have become adapted to the box you're in.

> Terry Herrin



Chris Rehm
Mr.AS400@ibm.net

How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business?
Get an AS/400.
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