Re: Editor for Linux -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Editor for Linux
From: James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:26:08 -0600 (MDT)
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Chris Rehm wrote:

> On Thursday 30 August 2001 03:15 pm, James Rich wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Chris Rehm wrote:
> > > Does anyone have an off line RPG editor for Linux?
> >
> > Um... emacs?  Not sure what you are looking for here, 5250 emulation?
>
> Well, emacs might be okay. I've been using vi (actually gvim) and I kind of
> like it. But I was thinking of something that handles column positioning like
> the way the Code400 editor does or some such.
>
> Can emacs handle that?

Well you can always write an extension to emacs (emacs is an acronym for
Extensible something something something something) so it is designed to
grow to meet your needs.  O'Reilly publishes a book on writing emacs
extensions.  An RPG IV mode might be a cool addition (/me gets an idea...)

James Rich
james@eaerich.com

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