From P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk Sun Oct 31 15:49:06 2004 From: P.H.Welch To: brian.oneill@ntu.ac.uk, jm40@ukc.ac.uk, occam-com@ukc.ac.uk Cc: P.H.Welch@ukc.ac.uk Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:19:09 +0000 Subject: RE: New language syntax Message-ID: Brian wrote: > ... Compared to the Borland C and the EMAC C the > folding editors that I have tried do not support highlighting of keywords. > Most people consider highlighting to be more important then folding. On Tom's Ripple web page (http://www.cs.ukc.ac.uk/people/rpg/tsl2/ripple/): > One of the biggest mysteries in the world of software development tools, is > the absence of folding text editors. Once you've discovered the benefits of > folding, you'll find it more useful than syntax colouring, class browsers and > code-completion put together! I fear Brian is right in what most people "consider". But I'm sure Tom is right about how you feel once you've really "discovered" folding ... ;-) Oh well, still 3 more shoping days to go ... In haste, Peter.