Originally posted by Merve
Crimson Editor has highlighting and bracket underlining and that's all I need.

Just wondering, am I the only one that is addicted to block/column-mode editing? 🙂

Imho, that's what makes or breaks a good editor for me. 🙂

    Originally posted by goldbug
    block/column-mode editing? 🙂

    😕 What do you mean by this?

      All characters are the same width so when you have indenting it's easy to see where all your conditions and loops begin and end; I think?

        oh yeah,

        if ( i didn't have a monospace font for coding, ) {  
        
    I would not be happy.  
        
    I'm kind of neurotic about {
        having everything lined up 
        and indented just right.
    }
}

        But I would bet that most coders are this way too... Isn't it just easier that way?

          Personally, I prefer the Broken Source Method but that's just me 🙂

          And I definitely agree with goldbug- block editing rules. Great for debugging as you can easily comment out a whole block of code with one click.

            Crimson Editor uses monospace text, but it's not in the teletype style, it's a different font.

              No.

              Used to, though. Then it was Dreamweaver, a very good prog for all other purposes than resizing tables 😉

              My first page were coded (?) in Netscape composer, consisting of two pictures of 3 megs each.
              Or 4 megs, I don't remember.

              Now it's all Homesite on win and vi on Linux (mostly for config-files).

              knutm :-)

                Re: block editing:

                Originally posted by piersk

                Block editing, in essence, is being able to select a rectangular block of text as opposed to just characters/lines in the traditional linear fashion.

                For example, take this code:

                $foo[0] = 'bar';
$foo[1] = 'bar';
$foo[2] = 'bar';
$foo[3] = 'bar';
$foo[4] = 'bar';

                Using block editing, you could select the 'foo' in all five lines, and delete/edit those without changing the surrounding areas.

                Many good editors support this already, like UltraEdit, Jedit, etc...

                The big problem I personally have with many implementations, is the lack of the ability to select a block/vertical line of 0-width, then start typing (say, to add comments '//' before a small chunk of text). Some allow this, some don't.

                Make sense? 😃

                  WOW!! That sounds cool, can you do it vi or vim?

                    Originally posted by bubblenut
                    WOW!! That sounds cool, can you do it vi or vim?

                    Dunno, I only really touch vi/vim/emacs/ee/nano when I'm editing config files and such, never had the need to find out in those editors.

                    IIRC, emacs can, dunno bout vi/vim

                    EDIT: vim possibility? http://www.gnuenterprise.org/doc/vim/html/visual.html

                      Zend Studio for sites supporting FTP and vi for the others. I use Dreamweaver on my Windows box, but I'm not a big Windows fan, so I'm far from a DW guru.

                        Originally posted by jstarkey
                        so I'm far from a DW guru.

                        :rolleyes: Amateur!

                          Originally posted by piersk

                          lol. Maybe, one day, when I have enough spare time to play dodge with viruses, spybots, malware, etc, etc, then I'll become a pro, just like you 😉

                            Originally posted by jstarkey
                            lol. Maybe, one day, when I have enough spare time to play dodge with viruses, spybots, malware, etc, etc, then I'll become a pro, just like you 😉

                            Excuses excuses 😉 I know you're just trying to avoid reading your PM's right?

                            hint hint

                              Originally posted by piersk
                              Excuses excuses 😉 I know you're just trying to avoid reading your PM's right?

                              hint hint

                              Nah, I see it. I'm actually working on another site at the moment, on someone else's dime. I'll be on PHPB in a few hours and will reply.

                                Originally posted by jstarkey
                                Nah, I see it. I'm actually working on another site at the moment, on someone else's dime. I'll be on PHPB in a few hours and will reply.

                                Spose I'll have to let you off then...

                                  Originally posted by piersk
                                  Spose I'll have to let you off then...

                                  No way pal, you're not letting me off that easily. I'M FIRED!!

                                  😃

                                    Waiting on a phone call from said client posessing said dime. I just replied.

                                    🙂

                                      It it possible to fire oneself?

                                        Originally posted by piersk
                                        It it possible to fire oneself?

                                        I can do anything -- I have root.

                                        😃