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| From | steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.editors, comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap |
| References | <slrn1184atm.1fe.zaydm@new.localdomain> <115tgk1$hmg2$2@kst.eternal-september.org> <1hEgS.428964$DOD1.142122@fx17.ams4> <11ag1j1$2lam4$1@dont-email.me> |
| Date | 2026-10-12 17:42 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <87se2aeguh.fsf@gmail.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> writes: > The designing the edit engine is what fascinates me, regardless of UI. Pity > there are few discussions any more around this topic. I agree. I would love to play with a redisplay engine. let alone read more about them. I usually just read some old pascal books from the 1990s. I would love to reimplement lotus style menus ! > UI is influenced by the history of interface hardware: teletype printers, > serial cable terminals, block-mode terminals, PC, PDAs + stylus, fondle slabs > (tablets/smart phones), voice, "mind control"/direct human interface. These > are all interesting too, but they rely on the edit engine to do the work.
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z-ed Zayd Mohammed <zaydm@172.24.208.1> - 2026-08-16 21:29 +0000
Re: z-ed Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 16:20 -0700
Re: z-ed Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-17 21:46 +0800
Editor design & Buffer Gap Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-10-11 09:05 -0400
Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-11 13:42 +0000
Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-11 21:00 +0000
Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-10-11 20:50 -0400
Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-12 06:11 +0000
Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 17:42 -0400
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