Changes between Version 88 and Version 89 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

Jun 16, 2022, 8:55:03 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Andreas Schnellbacher

Comment:

Added another difference to EPM. Added EPM (and thus) NEPMD disavantages.

WikiStart

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 original EPM path in the PATH statement. That makes it replace the original
 EPM for the WPS and CMD, without physically replacing it.
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+NEPMD turns the old EPM into a **highly-configurable programmer's editor**.
 
 Standard EPM
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 The utility of EPM was greatly improved.
 
+Disadvantages of EPM (and NEPMD) are:
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+-  Limited clipboard size of 64 KB.
+-  Poor highlighting compared to other editors. (It suffices in most cases. Most significant drawback is that multi-line environments can't be highlighted.)
+-  No real folding (only pseudo folding with an 1 pixel font).
+-  No gutter with line numbers.
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+While the clipboard limitation could be worked-around, the other features can't. Note that IBM hasn't published the sources for the executables, just for the macros.
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