QQQ The thought then came to mind that the real problem with sentinels is that they are visible. So can we imagine another kind of magic, say a vim plugin that hides Leo sentinels from those that don't want anything to do with Leo. This plugin would have two modes. In "Leonine" mode it would present thin external files as outlines. (The plugin might even show .leo files). In "plain" mode it would show thin external files as flat files. QQQ
The visible/invisible thing has occurred to me also, the thing is that we went from patch panels to punch cards to files and stopped there. Files are really the equivalent of scrolls that are in the video, no provision has been made to provide for any smaller unit, our tools are just daemons we use to bounce around in that "scroll". Unicode might be the way to enable further evolution. It's font mapping provides an area where editor specific codes can be defined. You could create a remapping of the printable characters usable in sentinels there and just write the sentinels in this range-shifted set. Interpreters/compilers that take unicode could be written to ignore that range, until then, a simple piping through a filter could strip them. Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
