Re: Format command for externally-described

Hello James,

I don't want to start an editor war, just wanted to bring up alternatives to already existing and perhaps not so well known editors in the i world.


Am 20.01.2023 um 17:33 schrieb James H. H. Lampert via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

If this were a BBS instead of a list-server, I'd respond to any suggestion that vi or any vi-derivative is "easy" (especially in comparison with SEU!) with a "torrential vomiting" emoji.

I apologize. Allow me to correct my statement.

Using vim to edit already existing code is easy *for someone skilled in vi(m)*, because positional alignment can be easily gleaned from other lines.

When I'm working in Linux, from a command line, nano is my editor of choice, because at least its UI is reasonably mnemonic. But even nano is abominably clunky compared with SEU.

I wonder about your opinion. I feel the way of editing with SEU and vi quite similar. In vi you change between command and editing mode. In SEU you change positions between line numbers and text area to give editing commands. Vi(m) has no prompting facility, of course. Although I'm sure this can be programmed with vim scripts. :-) What helped me a lot was my discovery of vim syntax files on the internet, providing a colored view.

Well, I just don't like Windows and I try hard to stay away from (sometimes) bloated and slow Java applications.

To each his own.

:wq! PoC