Hmm... maybe because Vim is well written an the bells and wistles are less important to the authoring team and the performance is important? Or because the developing team is more interested with solving one problem instead of labeling problems as "unimportant" and closing the case?
On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 01:19, David Hoover wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 12:54, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 13:30, Nils O. Sel�sdal wrote: > > > I find it great having color on things you edit, makes it easier to > > > read. I dont think I'd be wery happy if I e.g.edited some source > > > code in vim, removed a quote " around a string, and vim didnt fix > > > the color for the rest of the source when I put it back again.. > > This is a completely separate issue, one is doing syntax highlighting > > and the other is trying to be smart on arbitrary text that someone else > > wrote. > Isn't syntax highlighting more or less by definition, "be[ing] smart on > arbitrary text that someone ... wrote"? > > Like when I use vim to edit my mailspool, and it's able to color it, and > make citations cyan, based solely on the text? > > Correct me if I'm wrong but you're saying these two cases are > "completely separate issue[s]": > 1. vim (a text editor) looks at some arbitrary text in its > buffer (which was typed, or read from a file, or whatever) > and it goes "Hey, I've been told to color this using my rules > for coloring email, so if it starts with >, make it cyan" > 2. Evolution's mail composer (a text editor) has to look at some > arbitrary text in its buffer (which was typed, or included > when you hit reply, or whatever), and goes "Hey, I'm coloring > this using my rules for coloring email (since that's all I > ever do), so if it starts with >, make it cyan" > > How is it a completely separate issue? One's a text editor that has > zillions of different rules to be able to syntax highlight any of a > number of different text formats, and the other is a very specialized > text editor, which would only need one set of rules explaining how to > syntax highlight one type of text. > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
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