On Apr 3, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Theodore H. Smith wrote: >> To: REALbasic NUG <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> >> On Apr 03, 2007, at 5:47 AM, Theodore H. Smith wrote: >> >>> >>> Is RB's code editor, using a standard RB editfield? ;) >> Don't think so >> >>> If not, what does that say about the usefulness of RB's editfield? >> >> It says that for the very special needs that the editor has it's not >> the right tool > > Editing code is NOT a special need these days Norman. HTML is code. > XML is code. Plain text is code... we need code editors for our daily > lives these days... > > This isn't the 1980s anymore... > > RB's editfield handle huge amounts of text, and it's awkward to > style. And styling huge amounts of text is impossible. > > I'm not impressed to be honest, that RB create a solution, that most > of us need for non-competitive purposes (we aren't going to make > another RB with the code editor editfield)... and then don't give it > to us.
I don't know about "most of us", but I've worked on a wide variety of REALbasic applications in the last year, and not once have I encountered the need for an EditField that doubles as a code editor. If I do, I'll just write one. Charles Yeomans _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
