At 01:11 AM 4/11/2002 +0100, you wrote: >On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Phoebus Dokos wrote: > > > I suggested to Dave to start off with MicroEmacs as since he's been using > > Linux he would be a known environment.... (QD is FAR EASIER TO WORK WITH > > than MicroEmacs :-) > >If it's anything like emacs, I'll pass... I'm a pico person :o)
MicroEmacs is really nothing like Emacs. The version done by Thierry has menus so that the command keystrokes really don't need to be memorized. The problem with MicroEmacs is that it can be a bit slow on a Gold Card QL (which is what I am currently using). A simpler editor is QED, which is a clone of Metacomco's ED. QED is fast, small, and fairly easy to use. It even allows for simple macros. MicroEmacs has a full macro language (with conditional statements and loops), plus it can execute other programs. As for programming, if you are using SuperBasic, I might suggest looking into Structured SuperBasic. It's a S*Basic preprocess and filter. It allows SB code to look like C or Pascal with spaces and no line numbers. It also allows preprocess command like "conditional compilation", just the C preprocessor does. It's free and <plug> I wrote it. You can use MicroEmacs and use a macro that will save the file and execute Structured SuperBasic, and then call Qliberator (working on a Turbo compatible version). So, you can do all of the compiling process without leaving MicroEmacs. BTW, On my web page (www.geocities.com/svenqhj/) is my "SuperBasic Source Book" that covers some details about using Qlib, plus a bunch about freeware tools for SB programming. It's a few years old, you might find it usefull. I cover a number of freeware toolkits available (and possibly some commercial, but I can't remember). SSB is also on my web page. Tim Swenson
