> On Feb 5, 2014, at 3:36 AM, erik quanstrom <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > once one thinks about major modifications, i think it becomes
> > attractive to think about a new editor. i miss having graphics.
> If you mean mixed text and image, you will end up with some sort of
> structured markup language and a "word processor"!
oberon certainly managed this with trivial layout.
for example, it could be as simple as an interface that allows
graphical applications inline with text. for example,
; lc
clock.c
; clock&
[display of clock here persists until killed]
; pwd
/usr/quanstro/src/cmd/clock
> What I want is support for complex text layout rendering (for Indian
> languages among others). This requires supporting OpenType fonts, not
> an easy task. Mac's TextEdit seems to do a decent job of this but I
> don't like it as an editor.
i don't see why complex layout rendering -> opentype. could you explain
this?
- erik
