11-24-2023, 11:02 PM
Might have to redo this in Python if we expect to do a decent text editor in under 600 lines of code. LOL.
Otherwise don't expect anything fancier than "Wizedit", one of the first text editors I've ever witnessed. Raw stuff, hard to believe Nano on Linux is more featured. Also the editor I discovered in one of the old Central Point or McAfee suites for 16-bit computers long ago. For this one, press [ESC] to get a chance to save the document and leave the program. No mouse support in any of those two MS-DOS programs.
These days how kids expect spell-checking in a "simple" code editor... you have to take a look at how Vim has grown.
Earlier this year I played with a text editor called Liritext. It did not allow configuration, just provided a dorky graphics window using a font which was not monospaced. The inability to change the font is a no-go for anything that doesn't act like a full-featured word processor. I wanted to keep this Liritext but it was just too simple for my purposes. :/
Oh yeah and the "sliding" animations that seem to be everywhere, try replicating that on Pete's screen. I'm glad it cannot be! At least in one place I could be succorred from something that has been driving me up the wall about Linux desktop environments!
Otherwise don't expect anything fancier than "Wizedit", one of the first text editors I've ever witnessed. Raw stuff, hard to believe Nano on Linux is more featured. Also the editor I discovered in one of the old Central Point or McAfee suites for 16-bit computers long ago. For this one, press [ESC] to get a chance to save the document and leave the program. No mouse support in any of those two MS-DOS programs.
These days how kids expect spell-checking in a "simple" code editor... you have to take a look at how Vim has grown.
Earlier this year I played with a text editor called Liritext. It did not allow configuration, just provided a dorky graphics window using a font which was not monospaced. The inability to change the font is a no-go for anything that doesn't act like a full-featured word processor. I wanted to keep this Liritext but it was just too simple for my purposes. :/
Oh yeah and the "sliding" animations that seem to be everywhere, try replicating that on Pete's screen. I'm glad it cannot be! At least in one place I could be succorred from something that has been driving me up the wall about Linux desktop environments!