Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl's Editor

[Scott R. Godin]

on 02/25/2001 05:03 PM, Bart Lateur at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> There are moves afoot to try to improve MacPerl's built-in editor; it
>> seems to be the consensus view that it would be "nice if it could be
>> improved a bit".
>> 
>> It would be very helpful at this stage to compile a 'wish list'.
>> Contributions would be most welcome.
> 
> My primary wish list is very short:
> 
> * that the tab works.
> 
> Secondary:
> 
> * being able to jump to a specific line number.
> 
> If there's an error on line 171, I don't feel like counting.

second these, and add

    - shift-arrowkeys to select and unselect text
    - allow blocks of text to be shifted left or right
    - auto-conversion of TAB chars to n spaces
    - allow soft-wrapping of text to be turned on and off

also agree with raising the 32K bar just a wee bit. :)

the dratted scrolling bug is also annoying

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