ConTEXT - nice work The only thing holding me back from using ConTEXT is that it won't let you write multiple lines (like Crimson's column edit) otherwise ConTEXT is realy appealing and it seems fast - I haven't really tried it out, though, as it is too impractical yet. I'm coming back regularly to check whether this feature is in the pipeline. Keep up the good work!
Basically, with powerful scripting support (ActiveScript) some of these can be done via such scripts and don't need to be integrated into ConTEXT itself. Multi-line search/replace pseudocode: mytext = text(marked=true) for words in mytext: mytext.replace( 'oldstring', 'newstring') end Search in all files from a folder combine a macro-script with some 'grep' utility or write your own (ActiveScript can make such tasks simple) and return results to ConTEXT, which then has a way to visualize the results. Versioning system integration extremly simple with a powerful macro language, that can fill special editor panes.
For the programming I do (PHP or C++), there are basic highlighters that I'm very happy with, and the functionality overall I've gotten used to and enjoy... giving it a hex editor would certainly be useful, but it's not something I would personally use so often that it'd be a major thing. Mult-line search and replace would be very cool, as would editing in the comparison window; the only other one I think I'd use would be searching all files in a folder, though I'm used to just opening them all at once and searching all files. One thing that comes to mind would be remembering the search options, i.e. remembering (or giving the option to remember) 'search from beginning' vs. 'search from cursor' or 'search all files' vs. 'search current file,' etc. If that's already present and I'm just an idiot, then I apologize. The only two things I'd change are a bug (opening a conTEXT-associated file gives focus to conTEXT but doesn't select it in the taskbar) and a cliche request (non-Windows builds) which I don't expect to be taken seriously. It's bad enough that I had to work on a Mac at my last job, but having to do it without my favorite editor (read: the only one I use... period) was just painful. I don't know anything about Delphi or the availability of non-Windows compilers for it, but man, it'd be a HUGE relief to be able to work with conTEXT on Macinsuck boxes when I'm forced to use them. Also, while I'd cream my pants at the prospect of a terminal version of conTEXT to use over an SSH connection with my Linux server (yup, thar she blows), I know that's a much larger departure.
Well then you'd better apologize Try "Remember Find/Replace dialog options" on the General tab in the properties.
Uh oh, it's the guy with the glasses again. That guy creeps me out. He just looks like he wants to molest something.
Search files from a folder (grep) is the only thing that keeps me from finally chucking out TextPad and replacing it with ConText... Great editor!
