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Re: Editors Used for Forth

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On 2/16/2017 6:30 PM, jkn_gg@nicorp.f9.co.uk wrote:
> On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:20:23 PM UTC, rickman wrote:
>> I'm in the middle of some complicated web site moves and my venerable
>> Codewright has crapped out on me.  Not sure what is wrong, but I've been
>> meaning to switch to something more modern and actually supported for
>> some time now.
>>
>> What do people use for editing Forth?  I'd like to find something
>> supported under both Windows and Linux.  Anything written in Forth?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rick C
>
> It is not free (except for on the Raspberry Pi), but if you use/d CodeWright
> for its Brief-style key bindings, then you might like the CriSP editor.
>
> It is heavily-multiplatform and very capable. You can extend it with macros
> written in its own 'crunch' language (a bit C-like but with elements of Perl).
> I also think the author is moving towards some internal support via Python.
>
> The macro language is extremely capable - most of the system including
> windows, dialog boxes etc., is written in it. AFAIK there is still a text-mode
> version as well, if you want the complete Brief experience.
>
> It has been written and maintained for many years and is genuinely
> multiplatform. It is marketed in the States via 'Vital, inc.' (whose
> website seems to be on a revamp):
>
>     http://www.crisp.com
>
> I have written with many editors over they years but loved the Brief key
> bindings. Like you, perhaps, I went to CodeWright and stuck with that for
> many years. Crisp is my day-to-day editor on both Linux and Windows and
> I would not want to be without it, having added more than a few extensions of
> my own to it.
>
> I should say that it is basically the product of one (British) programmer,
> responding to scratching his own itches, and those of his customers. So some
> parts of the system are a little quirky. However IMO the benefits outweigh
> the oddities. I'd have thought it might well appeal to a Forth (ahem) hacker.
>
> Oh, it has keyword and syntax colouring support for many languages, including
> VHDL ;-)
>
> As always with editors, YM*Will*V.

I've seen the term brief key binding many times, but never knew exactly 
what it was.  I assume it is the specific connections between control 
keys and actions?  I don't know that I use many control keys in CW other 
than ^B for the block select thing.  Of course they use Windows ^X, ^C 
and ^Z.  I also use F3 for repeat search sometimes.

-- 

Rick C

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Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 17:20 -0500
  Re: Editors Used for Forth François <francois.ganza@wanadoo.fr> - 2017-02-16 14:32 -0800
  Re: Editors Used for Forth Heinrich Hohl <hheinrich.hohl@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 14:59 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-02-17 08:38 +0000
      Re: Editors Used for Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-02-17 10:51 +0100
        Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 05:11 -0500
          Re: Editors Used for Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-02-17 11:25 +0100
  Re: Editors Used for Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-02-16 23:16 +0000
    Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 18:26 -0500
      Re: Editors Used for Forth Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 18:57 -0800
        Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 22:29 -0500
          Re: Editors Used for Forth Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 19:49 -0800
          Re: Editors Used for Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-16 20:26 -0800
            Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 01:36 -0500
              Re: Editors Used for Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-16 23:07 -0800
          Re: Editors Used for Forth luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-16 22:32 -0800
        Re: Editors Used for Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-16 20:24 -0800
          Re: Editors Used for Forth Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 21:16 -0800
      Re: Editors Used for Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-16 20:23 -0800
      Re: Editors Used for Forth Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-16 21:12 -0800
        Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 01:20 -0500
          Re: Editors Used for Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 08:28 +0200
      Re: Editors Used for Forth anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2017-02-18 06:11 +0000
  Re: Editors Used for Forth jkn_gg@nicorp.f9.co.uk - 2017-02-16 15:30 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-02-16 18:38 -0500
  Re: Editors Used for Forth stephen@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2017-02-16 23:58 +0000
  Re: Editors Used for Forth Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 07:28 +0200
  Re: Editors Used for Forth mhx@iae.nl - 2017-02-17 00:50 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2017-02-17 11:10 +0100
  Re: Editors Used for Forth Ilya Tarasov <ilya74.tarasov@gmail.com> - 2017-02-17 02:02 -0800
  Re: Editors Used for Forth Jürgen <BitCruncher@gmx-topmail.de> - 2017-02-17 15:52 +0000
  Re: Editors Used for Forth lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2017-02-18 08:51 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth mhx@iae.nl - 2017-02-18 10:02 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth luser droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-18 17:26 -0800
      Re: Editors Used for Forth lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2017-02-19 02:24 -0800
        Re: Editors Used for Forth Jan Coombs <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com> - 2017-02-19 12:23 +0000
          Re: Editors Used for Forth lehs <skydda.barnen@gmail.com> - 2017-02-19 07:20 -0800
  Re: Editors Used for Forth josv@planet.nl - 2017-02-19 04:40 -0800
  Re: Editors Used for Forth grahameblackwood@gmail.com - 2017-02-21 06:54 -0800
    Re: Editors Used for Forth minforth@arcor.de - 2017-02-21 07:46 -0800

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