On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:01 AM, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 22/06/2016 9:28 PM, Charles Mills wrote:
>
>> I was *real* disappointed with Slickedit. I downloaded a trial and had
>> great
>> hopes. I wrote and asked them about the missing instructions and at least
>> one instruction that was wrong (LTR). THEY NEVER EVEN REPLIED OR
>> ACKNOWLEDGED. For a $300 product I would expect slightly better support
>> than
>> that.
>>
>
> OMG, that's like you've just insulted my wife ;)
>
> AFAIK, it's the only editor that does support HLASM. And has fancy
> features like a defs pane which shows all labels and selective display
> which folds code so you can expand a block with a click of the mouse or my
> favorite the keyboard. TBH, for assembler I still use ISPF but for C/C++
> I haven't found a better editor than Slickedit and I've tried them all.
> When I'm on a headless Linux box I've trained myself to use VIM which is
> actually
> very good when you're past the pain barrier.
>

​vim? pain? I guess you've never tried Emacs (it has been said that random
line noise is probably a valid Emacs key sequence). [grin] For short edits,
I use vim. For more intensive editing, I use gvim. That's vim with a GUI
interface. The cut'n'paste is easier to do. As is saving via a button;
rather than exiting insert mode back to command mode to do the :w (write)
command, then back to insert mode.​



>
> Charles
>>
>>

-- 
"Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check
their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right.
Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then
blow everyone up."
"I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept."
"They've got a similar ring to my ear."

>From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker:

Maranatha! <><
John McKown

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