Structure editing for Pascal, c. 1986. This video was recently produced by an enthusiast running the system in emulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXx1JGibSz4▾
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Jarno Montonen
04/22/2023, 9:42 AM
Fascinating! Also a good reminder that even the newest and shiniest hammer is not a great screwdriver. I'm referring to the system's love for mouse interactions.. 🙂
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Jack Rusher
04/22/2023, 12:24 PM
The generally poor UI of this editor is also one of the many answers to the question of why structure editing didn’t take off outside the Lisp world.
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Oleksandr Kryvonos
04/23/2023, 7:47 AM
actually I like it, menu navigation is not so great, but the idea is great and I am kinda rediscovering same approach
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Jack Rusher
04/23/2023, 8:35 AM
(To be clear, I strongly prefer structure editing and use it every day.)