[Info-vax] improving EDT

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of Jan-Erik Soderholm via Info-vax
> Sent: 17-Nov-16 4:28 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] improving EDT
> 

[snip...]

> 
> A lot of fun stuff there...
> 
> But, we are only talkning about giving (new) programmers on
> VMS a decent environment to work in. I do not understand why
> you drag clouds and all that stuff into the picture.
> 

These were just IT examples of political correctness today
whereby some promote new stuff over old stuff just because the
new stuff appears to be "cooler" - not necessarily "better" than
existing capabilities.

> I do not understand your post. Are you saying that editing code
in
> EDT/TPU is "better" then editing code in one of todays popular
> IDE's?
> 
> 

It depends on the individual. Editors are simply another basic
tool for code development. 

Fwiw, rather than jumping in with new editor developments, I
think there are already various editor options and capabilities
for OpenVMS that many here may not have really looked into yet.

Examples are eCubes NXTware (runs on different Windows, Linux,
MacOS clients, interfaces with NXTware server on OpenVMS and can
integrate with existing IDE's including CMS, has numerous
plug-ins available in Eclipse world), 
http://www.ecubesystems.com/products/nxtware-remote.html (scroll
down and click on video testimonial)
http://www.slideshare.net/ecubemarketing/why-nxtware-remote-for-j
enkins (Jenkins integration)

jEdit: 
http://www.jedit.org/
http://www.jedit.org/index.php?page=download

JED (I was not aware of until HB referenced)
http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/

LSE is perhaps not as cool from a multi-platform perspective, but
it is certainly a capable editor - especially if the primary dev
environment is OpenVMS (CMS, using OpenVMS native features etc.)
http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c
04618749


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com