Re: Smart textual editors

peach@entrenet.com (Peach Microsystems)
24 Jul 1996 22:52:19 -0400

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From: peach@entrenet.com (Peach Microsystems)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 24 Jul 1996 22:52:19 -0400
Organization: Entrenet Systems
References: 96-07-103 96-07-115 96-07-140
Keywords: tools, syntax

> I was looking for smart textual editors. . . .


>> But doing a DATA FLOW ANALYSIS in real time?
>> . . . As the moderator rightly pointed out, syntax errors MUST be accepted
>> by the editor's parsers to let the user type what he wants without the
>> editor becoming an obstacle to the user.
>
>I think such a SMART editor will not come in the next ten years . . .


How about an editor that just keeps track of what function the cursor is in
and, whenever you move out of one function, does a syntax check on the
function you've just left?


Seems to me this would be much easier than an always-checking editor,
and almost as useful.
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