Re: Proposed new addition to Jed...

["G. Milde" <g.milde@xxxxxx>]

On 10.01.06, Dave Laird wrote:
 
> However, with just a modest amount of poking around I have been able to
> make the moby-thesaurus work with Jed, albeit from a shell command, and I
> *like* what I see. 

Could you send the code that produces the results you like?
 
> However, having a new Slang module which handles the new menu entry and
> the mechanics for the thesaurus interchange would be a valuable new tool
> for Jed. 

I could have a look at it or you could try using the documented template
module at http://jedmodes.sf.net/doc/foo.sl
(Which is, however an overkill for the intended mode. A better "model" 
(but with less comments) would be e.g. http://jedmodes.sf.net/mode/ding/


> This possibly would be a Linux/Unix improvement, because I do not
> know how one would go about implementing this feature in Windows, much
> less if it is feasible. 

This mainly depends on the availability of the dict command for windows.
(And on people willing to test.)

> It would give Jed world-class powers as a text editor. What does everyone
> have to say about this? 

We still need a mode to prepare coffee to be on par with Emacs ;-)

Günter

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