[CF-Devel] Editor questions (mostly java editor)

[Mark Wedel]

Andreas Vogl wrote:
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      I think there is no doubt the Java Editor can and will replace
     
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      Crossedit. - However, don't set your expectations about the Java Editor
     
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      too high right now. It is still work-in-progress. The base structure
     
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      is completed and it's usable, but many features known from crossedit
     
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      will need to be coded into the new Editor before we can say that it
     
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      "officially outstripped crossedit".
     
     
 I notice that.  But OTOH, it does seem to be pretty capable right now, ie, you
could create a map.  I would guess that probably the biggest shortfall is that
it doesn't have the custom dialogue boxes for the different object types (ie,
for an exit, crossedit pops up a window that asks for exit path and well as
destination coordinates, so the designer doesn't need to know that those really
go into the slaying and sp/hp fields.

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      In the long run I think the Java Editor has some big potential
     
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      advatages over Crossedit:
     
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      - Java can be run on any OS. That's pretty cool.
     
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      - Many people want to learn Java - Few people ever like to learn
     
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        about the Xt toolkit.
     
     
 Agree with both of those.