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  • Subject: Re: Program editors
  • From: Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 17:24:53 -0500

Dave,

>Code is easier than Flex to customize, because it can
>use Rexx macro and Java program add-ins.  Flex requires writing .DLL's for
>most non-trivial enhancements, although there are more customizations that
>can be made in Flex without writing anything.

Not quite true.  The last version of Flex shipped by Aldon used
CodeWright's engine version 5.1, which added three new macros
languages for customizations.  Aldon didn't play up this fact, but
they were there.  There was a fairly simplistic macro language, and
very sophisticated macros could be done in either Perl or a VB
look-alike called AppBasic.

My preference was (is) for the AppBasic macro language.  It is nearly
as easy as creating extensions like we did under the old FlexEdit/DOS
editor using the AWK superset called PEL (Professional Extension
Language).

CodeWright's new engine version 6.5 has lots of new features that are
really slick.  But so far I haven't talked Aldon into offering an
upgrade.  I have a separate copy of CW v6.5 and have integrated
Aldon's DLL's into it, giving me the best of CW 6.5 plus all of Flex's
normal features plus powerful macros.

Doug
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