> 01. Toggle on/off line wrapping
> 02. Toggle on/off EOL character display
> 03. Display line numbers
> 04. Display ruler
> 05. Rectangluar block selection
> 06. Search and replace with confirmation at each item
> 07. Automatic insertion of spaces for tabs
> 08. Syntax highlighting of code
> 09. Code folding
> 10. Code clips/completion
> 11. Bookmarks
> 12. Display file diff with locked parallel windows
> 13. Customize the contextual display of commands in the tag line
> 14. Customize the color scheme
i don't see how any of these would be useful
to me. in particular, i especially do not want
a ruler or any ascii-graphical bits. if i want a
typesetter, i'll use one.
if you are the type who wants a hammer with
an lcd temperature display, i would venture
that plan 9 tools are not for you.
> 16. HTML tag matching
this could be a useful addition. it's an easy fix.
> 15. Change fonts
B2 "Font $fontname". B2 means select with the
middle button. for example,
Font /lib/font/bit/cyberbit/mod14.font
> 17. Display (in status bar?) the Unicode ID of glyph at cursor
B2 ">unicode -n `{cat}"
> 18. Display right-to-left text
this is a plan 9 "limitation". although it is an
interesting philisophical question if a text
editor should get involved in such complications.
it seems to me that the zero-width combiners and
directional markers make unicode poor-man's
metafont masquerading as a character set.
then again, i'm a well-known luddite.
- erik
