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

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:36:21 -0800, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote:

>> How do you get EDT to show you where the starting brace in the current
>> section of code you are working on is (for example) ?
> 
> Search backwards for a '{' ?

It's a search for the *matching* { - which might be several back. Used 
when you've left one out (usually a }) and you can't see where.

>> Can you show more than one buffer on the screen at the same time in EDT
>> ?
> 
> Sure. Open more terminal sessions on your workstation! Use your
> workstation's copy and paste! (~_^)

But splitting the screen to show more than one buffer?

>> Does EDT support programming language editing modes ? (I tend not to
>> use them, except for some special cases, but some people use them all
>> the time).
> 
> I doubt it.

It doesn't.

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