On 25/03/2008, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I haven't said that to use Vim is bad. Vim is my most favourite editor. > I am > > myself happy to have Vim around in Plan9 (and am not alone for sure). > > Nonetheless, it's bad to not have an alternative which would follow the > > system's principles. Please read all I mentioned before. Vim does not > follow > > those and is more and more distant from them (adding more and more > features, > > becoming bloated). But now, there is not a Plan9-like editor suited for > > editing e.g. aforementioned files with several (real-number) fields (it > > simply gets wrapped and is unreadable then; using small fonts is not a > > proper solution since a too small font renders the file unreadable > again). > > To be forced to use Vim right away is in my opinion sad. (Opposite to > what > > you propose: you have to use Vim, you have no other way == you can't > ignore > > it.) > > > why don't you add this feature to acme? you have the source. you care > about > this feature. > > > - erik > > > I just love this switch... :) In my opinion, before you start implementing anything (if it's not trivial), you should be well convinced about its usefulness. This has two points. First you should find if your task can't be done in another, possibly better way (use another program, use already existing and known trick), and second, you should not do something others have already solved. Until now, people who answered me in this list proposed no good solution. Others agued my problem is not an issue. For the latter I tried to lay down some reasons why I think, it is an issue. Hopefully clearly enough. So first I wanted to see that nobody here can give me a satisfactory solution. This has been actually happening. Only then I can think how much work it would be for me to add the feature. Since I am a physicist and a beginner in Plan9, I can't do it straight away, maybe in a few weeks time. But I know at least now, that first, it would be useful to add it (nobody has done it yet), and second, that I just can't use Plan9 for my real job now.
If I code it, I will let you know. R R.
