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#M2S wish list

    25-May-89 21:30:33
Sb: #8606-#M2S wish list
Fm: Kevin Northover 71571,277
To: M2S/Phil Camp 76004,2054
I would prefer the default tool for editor files to be C:M2A. The whole point in the HOT mode is to get the editor loaded and then keep the small activator where you can get at it fast. In my case I keep M2A in RAD:C which is my C:. (Actually its in RAD:Bin which i link to RAD:C with Bill Hawes Path device, that way I know RAD:C has C-A programs ONLY, RAD:BIN has everybody else, and they both look like C: !!) I would like changeable editor configurations, Could you have M2(A|E) look in the directory of the file being loaded for an M2.editconfig and use that for that file. That way the default configuration for M2, my consulting reports, and my son's grade school reports can all be different! Similarly I would like options for loading different completion/case correction files. I haven't used M2E for much REXX or any C programming yet but I know I will need to. ( base development in M2, tools in M2 or Rexx, delivery to customer in C …. ) Finally consider saving the configuration used to edit a document in the icon file as Notepad does (this is one thing Notepad does right). That way individual documents can be fully configured and you have an extremely flexible editing system. In the compiler, TDIs used to let one compile an implementation module all the way to a stand alone executable. This was very convenient when knocking up quick test drivers for a new module, just put them in the initialization code. The new compiler doesn't support this. its nice to use as it is, these things would make it very smooth. Kevin