RE: vim, code beauty and 4gl
Posted in 2005
> >>> Jim Cramer said: > >>> > > >>> > I write quite a bit of my I4GL code with a Windows > editor called=20 > >>> > TextPad ( http://www.textpad.com/ ), which can edit > Unix-style or=20 > >>> > Windows-style text files. > >>> > A nice syntax highlighter that uses colors to make the > code more=20 > >>> > readable is available for Textpad. > >>> > > >>> > What I am looking for is a Windows program that can > indent and make = > > > >>> > more readable my nested 4gl IF, CASE, FOR, WHILE and > other such=20 > >>> > statement blocks. I guess that such a thing would fall > into the=20 > >>> > category of "code beautifier". > >>> > What would really be nice is if the beautifier could > >>> present each 4gl > >>> > statement block with the +/- widget to collapse and expand > >>> the block, > >>> > kind of like XML. > >>> > > >>> > What would be even better would be if there was an add-in > >>> for TextPad > >>> > to do this or if there is some application that > integrates with=20 > >>> > TextPad like CSE HTML Validator does. > >>> > > >>> > If anybody knows of any utility that might do any of the > >>> above, please > >>> > let me know. 2 I have found useful are Edit Plus from ES Computing ( small fee payable ) Does all the color syntax checking and can be configured for different uses,. HTML, C/C++, perl Java come by default. And Xray XML editor from Architag - free as far as I remember. Primarily for XML but seems to cope well with other file types. Colin Bull _______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. _______________________________________________________________________ sending to informix-list