Re: [dev] Thanks for your anwsers and how do you want your text editor ?

* Jessta <jessta_AT_gmail.com> [2009-09-24 02:11]:
> On 24/09/2009, QUINTIN Guillaume <coincoin169g_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does YALSE have to support
> >
> > => a plugin system ? extensions ? scripting language (LUA ?) ? (so one
> > can embed a terminal within YALSE)
>
> No, it's a text editor. It edits text.

+1

> > => syntax highlighting ?
> Sure, makes sense. But should be external from the editor in some way.

+1

> > => tabs ? many buffers ?
> nope, want multiple tabs then open multiple instances

+0.5
no tabs but multiple buffers in 1 instance, so you can exchange/compare/etc
buffers

> > => only basic features : cut, copy, paste, search, replace, inserting
> > other text files ?
> > => block selection ?
> > => an (optional ?) GUI ?
> > => ASCII only ? or UTF-8? and all? or many? character encodings ?
>
> > => several modes like vi ? or like EMACS ? or an hybrid ? or like
> > another editor ? vile ? nano ? (maybe the troll-able part)
>
> I've always hated mode editors, I don't use vi because I end up
> constantly typing in command mode and getting myself in to trouble.

You'll never come to consensus on this. My experience is that the
emacs/vi/acme/whatever factorisation of the people is not in any way
equivalent to any other preference factorisation (e.g. console vs GUI,
suckmore vs suckless, jazz/pop/rock, or whatever). There must be a way to
customize this.

> > => ncurses ?
> > => strictly nothing ?
> > => a limited number of LOC ?
> > => others libs ?
> Ncurses is pretty sucky, so I vote it not to be a console application.

X sucks even more .... I think, creating documents should be separate from
viewing documents. My vote goes for console.

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 cheers
 stanio_