From: John Gabriele <jmg3000@...>
Date: 2006-05-02T01:17:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby based editor

On 5/1/06, Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/1/06, John Gabriele <jmg3000@gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > You may want to have a look at "ne" (the Nice Editor).
> > http://ne.dsi.unimi.it/
> [snip]
> > jumping-off point). It's written in C, and is GPL'd. I'd *love* to see
> > it get syntax highlighting and be scriptable with Ruby. Man that would
> > rock. :)
>
> syntax coloring is not easy to add.

Understood. Also, I can guess that it might be easier or harder to add
depending on the design of the editor you're trying to add it to.

>
> I did some editor work, but currently lacks time to complete it.
> http://aeditor.rubyforge.org/

Neat.

Say, not to harp on FreeRIDE, but the project's sound very similar.
Just curious, why did you start your own editor project in Ruby
instead of working on FreeRIDE?

Also, I saw on your site that you switched to dvorak. I switched a
couple years ago and my hands are much happier. :)