Re: To Sheri :: re notetab {???}

On 2/12/2011 7:17 AM, Mentor wrote:
>
>  HI Sheri,
>
> I read an old Faq where you were engaged in discussing 'notetab' 
> editor with other ppro users; if my memory has not played me wrong.  
> You gave an example of its being used to make an editor plugin, I believe.
>
> Just ignore the rest of my ravings if I got hold of the wrong end of 
> the stick!
>
> I am interested in `how' we use the pc to do the task of programming, 
> and I have been testing as many free editors as I can in my free time. 
> I have been using PsPad and NotePad++ which are both excellent free 
> editors although both have a few bugs to iron out.
>

Hi Mentor,

I use NoteTab (still) supplemented when necessary with PsPad.

> I want syntax highlight colouring and had discounted Notetab quickly 
> as it seemed not to support it.
>

Yes, that's a pretty major missing feature for program coding.  My use 
of NoteTab is not so much for coding except for html (where it has a 
little color coding). My use of NoteTab is for doing transformations on 
text and data. I mastered NoteTab's clipcode "language" and can easily 
create reusable instructions for various tasks.

> My question is this.What language is used in notetab, and can one use 
> others; and if so, how to use another.I read a lot of manuals, and I 
> don't always understand what I read, so if you can shed some light it 
> would be much appreciated.
>

If you're asking about clipcode, it is the unique invention of Notetab's 
author, Eric Fookes.

NoteTab also supports fairly recent versions of PCRE for regular 
expressions (the same engine used in PowerPro's regex plugin as well as 
many other applications).

> I understand that our habits change with time, so you may be using a 
> different editor now.If so I would be interested to know also, what 
> made you change to it, from notetab?
>

I use PsPad quite often, but like you I do find it buggy and while using 
it I've even lost file updates more than once.

> I spend most of my days on the pc, so it benefits all of us to find 
> shortcut devices, which mean we have more free time for our family and 
> friends.
>

As something of a tinkerer, I like to use tools I've mastered to create 
those kind of shortcuts. :) Avoiding obvious or labor intensive 
solutions, initlally takes time away from friends and family, but that 
investment of time usually pays back in some way later.

> Also to share this knowledge to save the time at labour of other 
> people is the hyperion we can all aspire to.It gives me a warm feeling 
> inside to know I help someone.
>
That's another thing I enjoy, at least when I have the time, is to share 
whatever pearls I may have and to learn new things. My conclusion on 
editors is, I'd be more inclined to trade PsPad for a better coding 
editor than to trade NoteTab for another text/data editor.

Take care,
Sheri

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