X-Google-Thread: f996b,9179d4b6546e4b1e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: References: Subject: Re: Text editor Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: nospam@geniegate.com (Jamie) Lines: 43 NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.202.32.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1203926655 12.202.32.119 (Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:04:15 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:04:15 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:04:15 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:5276 In , Anton mentions: >Faux_Pseudo: > >> It may do some of those things for you already. > > Sounds good. So fat I have found only the text justification > fucntion in Emacs... > >> If it doesn't then it can be taught to. You may not even have >> to write any of the code. The emacs group is really good at >> writting functions if you can accuratly describe what you are >> looking for. > > Sounds good. So far I have found only the text justification > fucntion in Emacs though. But you have given me inspiration :) > So, do you think Emacs potentially allow for such things as: > > 1. Automatical handling of numerated lists and cross-references > (a-la MS Word)? > 2. Paragraph styles. > > If so, I'll certainly give it a try! Could also try vim, it runs on windows as well as unix. It has a "virtual edit" kind of mode that lets you put characters anywhere on the screen. (a mode I never use) Here is how to do it: :set ve=all After that, you can move the cursor anywhere and insert characters. (tabs will probably goof you up if you're not careful though) vim is a "modal editor" which is extremely weird at first. It has a ton of features, it's well worth getting to know, but.. it has a steep learning curve. Jamie -- http://www.geniegate.com Custom web programming Perl * Java * UNIX User Management Solutions