[Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of ww -- a console text editor

[mar22]

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petar marinov <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: mbsd
Other License: 
Package: ww -- a console text editor
System name: ww-tedit
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

WW is a text editor that works on Windows and GNU/Linux platforms. Its 
environment is the text mode console. The project aims to produce an editor 
that enables the user to seemlesly switch between Windows text console, 
GNU/Linux text console and X Server terminal windows with the sharing of 
key-bindings and configuration files between the opereting platforms.

At the present moment [15-feb-2002] the editor implements the standard set of 
block operations  - mark, clipboard transfer, column blocks, undo and redo, 
crash recovery, search and replace with Perl regular expressions and patterns, 
find in files, persistent bookmarks, pull-down menu system, GNU Info-style 
hyper-text browser, calculator.

As goals for mid to long term future can be outlined: autonomous X window 
operation, replace in files (with revert), design of plug-ins interface and 
developing plug-ins for different languages (syntax highlithing at the 
beginning), heuristic navigation history (Alt+left/right to navigate like 
browser stack), to redesign the display block to support multi-frame non-modal 
split, diff, plug-ins for version control systems (CVS and ClearCase), 
spell-check (general or language specific, for example limit the check to 
comments in .c file or skip tags in .html file).

As very long term goals: extensive language scanning to provide navigation 
within function declaration, structure declarations, function parameters tips, 
variables declaration and reference lists.