Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; ';-)': 0.03; 'plug': 0.09; 'subject:features': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'changes': 0.15; 'windows': 0.15; '-tkc': 0.16; 'boundaries,': 0.16; 'collapse': 0.16; 'definitions,': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'line).': 0.16; 'navigation': 0.16; 'files.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '(where': 0.19; 'split': 0.19; '(the': 0.22; 'command': 0.22; 'portion': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'unicode': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'performing': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'function': 0.29; 'external': 0.29; 'matching': 0.30; 'especially': 0.30; 'lines': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; '(including': 0.33; 'community': 0.33; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'interact': 0.36; 'done': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'list': 0.37; 'window': 0.38; 'ability': 0.39; 'skip:p 20': 0.39; 'easy': 0.60; 'dave': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'entire': 0.61; 'skip:n 10': 0.64; 'subject:Important': 0.65; 'received:50.22': 0.84; 'angel': 0.91 Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:22:26 -0500 From: Tim Chase To: Dave Angel Subject: Re: Important features for editors In-Reply-To: References: <0eab9d68-da63-41b0-bad4-d7b4457128ce@googlegroups.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: boston.accountservergroup.com: none Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 49 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1372944053 news.xs4all.nl 15872 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47433 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:49856 On 2013-07-04 05:02, Dave Angel wrote: [snip an excellent list of things to look for in an editor] Also, - the ability to perform changes in bulk, especially across files. Often, this is done with the ability to record/playback macros, though some editors have multiple insertion/edit cursors; others allow for performing a bulk-change command across the entire file or list of files. - folding (the ability to collapse multiple lines of text down to one line). Especially if there are various ways to do it (manual folding, language-block folding, folding by indentation) - multiple clipboard buffers/registers - multiple bookmarks - the ability to interact with external programs (piping a portion of a file through an external utility) - a good community around it in case you have questions - easy navigation to "important" things in your file (where "important" may vary based on file-type, but may include function definitions, paragraph boundaries, matching paren/bracket/brace/tag, etc) Other nice-to-haves include - split window editing - tabbed windows - Unicode support (including various encodings) - vimgolf.com ;-) > Candidates? > emacs - standard on most OS's, available for Windows from And I'll put in a plug for Vim. -tkc