I'd still go for a GUI editor - sure beats having to type in all of those spaces :-)
Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker >Sent: Friday, 24 September 2004 7:13 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > >One thing I miss from the Prime editor is overlay. All you had to do is >space out to where you wanted to overly the text and overlay with the new >characters. It was very useful when you had a long string with several >instances of the same type of information and you only wanted to change one >area. >Example: >DATA = 'AAABBBCCCAAABBBCCCAAABBBCCC' > O ZZZ >DATA = 'AAABBBCCCAAABBBCCCZZZBBBCCC' >Sure beat having to type the whole line or doing a long change. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Warren, Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:24 PM >Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > >As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, >but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm >the only one in our shop that uses vi on a regular basis. I still can't >figure out why the remainder of our programming staff use AE. I agree it >has it's place for some tasks, but for day to day editing, I find vi easy >to >use, and it didn't take too long to get used to, when I learned it years >ago. The best part is that you'll find it on most flavors of UNIX boxes, >and the basic commands stay the same. -Phil- > >-----Original Message----- >From: Louis Guillaume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:52 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > >Adrian Matthews wrote: >> Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? >> > >Absolutely! From what I've seen, most folks who take the time to learn >vi will never go back. > >The only thing AE is good for is macro-fixing savedlists of records, >IMHO. It really astonishes me that folks continue to use AE for editing >programs where you can really only look at one line at a time. > >> I've been using full screen GUI editors for years now. I think I'd pull >> my hair out going back. > >GUI editors generally lack many of the vi features: use of regular >expressions, superior cut and paste, multiple cut/paste buffers, the >ability to read the output of external commands into the file, the >ability to employ Unix shell utilities (like sed or awk) to edit the >file etc etc. > >The only GUI editor I'd use for programming is vim! It is absolutely >worth it to learn vi or vim for editing in UniData (and, I'm sure >UniVerse too). If you're on Windows, there's Vim for Windows. > >I don't know much about UniVerse, but I can't imagine that an editor >should make any difference as most editors should be available to either >platform. On UniData just set the variable UDT_EDIT=/usr/local/bin/vim >(or whatever your editor is) and voila. > >-- Louis >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 27/09/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 27/09/2004 ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
