Hello fellow U2-groupies. There has been recent discussion on useful tools for editing and/or compiling/testing U2 software. I am a 28 year user of Universe and its predecessors (including Prime Information and Pick flavours), and during most of that time a user of Emacs (on several platforms, including Windows and Linux). Over that time I have build a library of tools that aid the areas under discussion. If you look at the following link, you will file links to some of them under "BasicSource" and "EmacsLisp". In my humble opinion, Emacs is still the tool of choice (and XEmacs for that matter) for most software development. The link to the main page is: http://www.pickwiki.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SourceCode
With the tools I have written (which have been further developed since I uploaded them), you can do things like: 1. Work on Basic source, Paragraphs, multiple records in files at once, select lists of records, dictionary items - colourised for clarity. 2. Display/edit multivalued fields in records, with multivalues listed and numbered one per line. 3. (With Emacs standared features) edit code in one part of a window, and compile and run/debug code in another part, create macros to do repetitive tasks that involve both shell windows and coding windows, search/replace using full regular expression funcitionality. There are so many features available, if you care to undertake the easy learning curve to using it. To get the full benefit, you will need to use a windows-like version of emacs, like Unix X (my choice), MS Windows, or Linux. I hope someone finds this useful. I am open to questions. Regards, Ken Ford, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. ##################################################################################### This email (inc all attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this communication. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete all copies of this message from your computer network. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this email without the author's prior permission. If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive similar electronic messages from us in future, then please respond to the sender to this effect. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but advise you to carry out your own virus checks on this email and its attachments. We do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses and do not represent that this transmission is free from viruses or other defects. FirstMac Limited (ABN 59 094 145 963) (AFSL 290600) ##################################################################################### _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
