I believe it may be possible to get a license to embed a "free" version of
CodeWright into MPLAB for those who do not have it, but for those who do it
would automatically use the real product.

If that were the case, I actually might start to think about using MPLAB instead
of everything else I use.

Another feature - make it extensible/modular so that if we can add our own
things into the debugger framework, or remove things we don't use.

Andy









Chris Eddy <ceddy@NB.NET> on 04/14/2000 02:46:03 PM

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>My question to the PICLIST community:  What editor would you like to use
>with MPLAB?

>Darrel Johansen

That is simple.  CodeWright.
Were there any other contenders?

Albeit that is for the fellows who can dish out the sub $1K price tag, but
there are many others who are not funded as such.  I personally use the MPLAB
editor extensively (only got CodeWright some half year ago), and most people
can easily live with the quality of it.  I have used editors in other IDE's
which were absolutely abominable (Cos__ic comes to mind) and as such MPLAB has
always been a very solid editor for the money ($0).  Some people take basic
Word style cut copy paste functions for granted, as if all windows programs get
that inherently, but that is not always the case.

Many of us live with the tools for years on end, and Codewright is cool because
over time you learn more and more about the features.  The first time you
select a few pages of code and shift the entire block in or out a number of
tabs, you will be a true believer.

Also, I have 5 emulators, three assemblers, five compilers, and CodeWright to
boot.  I switch job to job on a bi-daily basis, and keep cursing myself when I
try to edit with the same keystrokes from another product.  Try mixing MPLAB
and TurboC in DOS.  The more uniformity I have between editors, the faster I
can forget the differences and get my job done.  Please do not make up new
basic editing key features for the fun of it.

Chris Eddy
Pioneer Microsystems, Inc.