On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 02:07:02 -0500, Curtis wrote:
>This is the sort of thing I'm referring to Kenneth. Having to close the
>editor every time in PMMail is plain awkward.
I agree; my editor (an Emacs clone) is pretty quick to start and exit,
but I don't want a separate instance to work as a client for different
programs. Right now I typically have one instance open all day for
coding and compiling (it has a nice process window allowing me to
scroll back through compiler error messages) and then launch a separate
instance from PMMail on those occasions when I need to do some
sophisticated mail editing (like cleaning up someone's
grossly-overquoted and misspelled joke by stripping the quotes and
reformatting).
Ideally there should be a standard editor "server protocol" that all
editors should support so that editor-using clients (like mail
composition programs) need not include an editor but can tie to the
user's personal favorite. Currently the only such protocol is to invoke
a new instance of the editor with a filename as a parameter.
Anyone care to propose a protocol, or a forum where one can be hashed
out? (comp.editors is probably appropriate.)
Ken
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