Copying code was Re: merits of Code400 was RE: Coloring the RPG code

Hi Doug -

> >I don't use tabs in SEU.  but I don't really need to.    I rarely write a
> >new line of code - I mostly just copy and modify.
>
>But you're in this habit as a workaround simply because SEU cannot
>intelligently
>control the cursor in the same manner as a PC-based editor.  You're doing
>it in
>part to get lines with the C in column 6, and text in some of the other fields
>so you can use ctrl-left/right.

Copying code is great.  Why reinvent the wheel?  By copying code you can
make the same mistakes over and over almost effortlessly!

Just kidding, but only about the last sentence.  Copying code helps to form
unofficial standards if you don't have any official ones.  And it does save
reinventing the wheel.  But OTOH it shouldn't be an excuse for failing to
take advantage of the enhancements available in the new releases of the
compiler.

I use SEU (but not Ctrl-left/right) and I do copy a lot of code, but I also
over the last couple of years started using internal subprocedures then
service programs, along with new opcodes and bifs.  I love the for/endfor
loop.  So when I copy code I just try to do it from the newest programs
that have the code I want.

Ken
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