[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

Slo slovuj at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 12:25:45 EST 2021


> I would say: 
> - GUI 
> - standard menus with at least File, Edit and Help in the menu bar 
> - at least Open, Save, Save As and Exit in the File menu 
> - at least Copy, Cut, Paste, Search and Replace in the Edit menu 
> - common shortcuts CTRL/A, CTRL/C, CTRL/X and CTRL/V 
> - ability to mark blocks with mouse 
> - certain edit function available via right click 
> - ability to have multiple files open 
> - ability to show multiple buffers simultaneously 
> - some language specific color highlighting 
> - some smart indenting 

For me, the most important is missing from this list:
1. Infinite UNDO!!!
2. Automation via macro creation and execution (1 or N times, of course)
3. ...



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