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Re: Reinventing the wheel (Re: Hebrew Editor)



On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Ury Segal wrote:

[About a hebrew enabled text-widget]
> It is a good idea, but it will not give us a real hebrew editor.
> I want an editor.

I disagree -- it has been proven (IDLE) writing an editor is easy if you
have a good text-widget. I dare say it will not be hard writing even a
modal editor on top of a good text widget.

You embed that widget in a notebook inside a GnomeApp, add scriptable 
interface, add several million people writing extensions, and you got a
Hebreww  eanabled version of EMACS <0.5 wink>

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