Hum, editors that I've known and loved (and hated). Basically in order Wylbur line mode on a 300 baud dial up at college. Really, not too bad in 197x. Beat the 029 card punch!
"Source Program Maintenance / On Line" (SPMOL or SPIN). A full screen editor that run on CICS/VS circa 1976 for me. Was a bit better than the line-oriented Wylbur from college. No scripting language, but back then I didn't know enough to notice the lack. Edgar - a full screen VM/CMS editor that I briefly met at an IBM shop called "SnapShot". I fell in love with an editor for the first time. Xedit - circa 1980 under VM/370 CMS. I loved it and still do. More than the ISPF/PDF editor. ISPF/PDF editor - ok, but lacking some Xedit features that I loved. Getting better compared to the original. Emacs on Linux - my first Linux editor. Nice, but the scripting language gave me a headache. This editor basically has everything, including the kitchen sink, bathtub, and hot water heater. Why do I need an email client, NNTP client, and games in an editor? vim on Linux - my current main use. Not as powerful as Emacs, but good enough for me for most things. gvim on Linux - if I'm going to do heavier editing, then this vi clone is the hot rod for me. kate on Linux - very nice. Similar to vim, but with multiple panels as well as a "file selection" panel that I can use to list a directory, then double click to load it into an edit panel. Panels can be split vertically for "side by side" visual comparisons. They can also be split horizontally. It can also have a "terminal window" pane to run a quick command. Fairly nice. Eclipse - well, I tried it but I didn't care for it. And trying to update it cost me the installation that I had running, so <poof> it is GONE. Likely my fault. I don't care. Netbeans - nice for Java development. Stinks for anything else. === What would I like? Xedit on z/OS with regular expression capability similar to vim. And more scripting languages as well (Perl would be nice since IBM now supports a version of Perl on z/OS UNIX). Oh, and I want this "xedit" to be usable in both TSO (ISPF and non-ISPF environment) as well as via a UNIX shell. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
