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- From: rfs@se28.wg2.waii.com (Robert Starr)
- Newsgroups: comp.editors
- Subject: Re: Anyone use SAM?
- Keywords: sam, ai
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.085046@se28.wg2.waii.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:50:46 GMT
- References: <BEVAN.92Nov18104650@beluga.cs.man.ac.uk> <722179001.3244@minster.york.ac.uk>
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- In article <722179001.3244@minster.york.ac.uk>, pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
- |> Stephen J Bevan (bevan@cs.man.ac.uk) wrote:
- |>
- |> Hmmm. Having indentation _built in_ to your editor is something I'm always
- |> a bit wary of -- for example, I've yet to find a C mode in an editor which I
- |> think works sensibly; and when it comes to C++.... The alternatives are
- |> *Peter Fenelon -- Research Associate -- Software Safety Assessment Procedures*
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- Yeah, but vi never had an "electric-C" mode, and most of us vi folks don't
- miss it. But settable tabs, auto-indent, and brace matching are not
- a lot to ask from a programmers editor. Sam looks good, but I cannot
- understand why these 3 simple features were left out (unless I missed
- something in the supplied documentation).
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- | Bob Starr (starr@wg2.waii.com) | Western Geophysical | Opinions R mine! |
- | ===> Perling down the interstate on my Harley.......................... |
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