Re: Source file editors

["\"Fernando Villaamil" <FVillaamil@aol.com>]

At the Miami Herlad we use 2 editors - the first one being the one that comes
with the SQR software and the second a shareware version of an editor we
picked out of the AOL software center called MEDIT.

The SQR editor understands the synatax of the language and "paints" the code
in different colors (comments in blue, code in green, etc...) that editor
allows you to run the code against the host system whnever you want to.  Our
version is working on WIndows 3.1.  The only drawback is that while it's
running the program against the database it tends to take over the Windows PC
so there's nothing else you can do while you wait.

The MEDIT editor supports bookmarks, macros, tab seetings, etc.. and is very
handy for working on code.  The only drawback is that it doesn't understand
the syntax of the language and it does not interface to the host.  I
basically code the changes on the editor and then FTP the code to the Unix
box where I run it via Unix scripts.  We use Reflections for the Unix
communications package and I could probably code up a Macro to perform the
FTP and the run in one command.

Hope this helps.

Fernando A. Villaamil
Miami Herald Publishing Co.