GUI Editor?

[Riley Berton]

Thanks for the info.  If Java support on PowerPC linux was up to snuff I would
definitely check that out.  I have tried jEdit in the past but was frustrated
with the performance of java apps on PPC Linux due to the lack of a JIT
compiler.  Maybe with IBM's new 1.3.1SR3 it will be bearable.

riley

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:57:16 -0600
"Pete Prodoehl" <pete.prodoehl@cygnusinteractive.com> wrote:

> 
> Nothing like being late ;)
> 
> In jEdit <http://jedit.org/> I created the following abbreviation:
> 
>   Abbreviation: if
> 
>   Text to insert before caret: if (
> 
>   Text to insert after caret: ) {
> 	
>   }
> 
> The result is  that when I type if<space> jEdit inserts
> 
>   if () {
> 	
>   }
> 
> with the cursor between the ()'s
> 
> I believe this is what you asked for.
> 
> Not that I did not create a macro (though jEdit has those) I just 
> created an abbreviation that will be expanded upon typing if<space>.
> 
> It took me about a minute... much less time than it took to write this 
> email... ;)
> 
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> Riley Berton wrote:
> > Editors that run under X are generally very good.  However, I have always
> > had one gripe:  the lack of useful macro expansion.  On all editors that I
> > have looked at (and they are numerous) I have yet to see "space bar"
> > expansion of macros so that the usage of macros is easier than just typing
> > out the contents of the macro.  For instance, if I wanted to produce this:
> > 
> > if ( <cursor should end up here> ) {
> > 
> > }
> > 
> > and wanted to use a macro to do it, I would need to bind that sequence to
> > some weird (usually unconfigurable) key combination, making it just as much
> > as a PITA as typing it in the first place.
> > 
> > Ideally, an editor should be able to figure out what I mean based on a few
> > user preset macros and the "space bar" would expand the macro, so that
> > typing:
> > 
> > if<space>
> > 
> > would result in my example above.  I have been searching for this feature
> > for quite some time in many editors.  
> > 
> > I currently use NEdit and was able to write a macro for that editor that
> > used the space bar as it's key, however, it ran very slowly and made the
> > editor less responsive so I had to turn it off.
> > 
> > Does anyone out there know of an 'X' based editor that does what I outlined?
> > 
> > riley
> 
>