Re: [joe] will probably now need a new editor after over 10 years.

[Jerry K. <je...@tr...>]

> I doubt anyone actually cares, there does not seem to be any real way to
> contact the developers of this editor any more so im forced to sneak in
> this inappropriate back door.  this is my absolute last ditch attempt to
> get resolution on this issue before i go looking for a new editor.
>
> I have been using this editor almost exclusively since about 2000 but
> unless I can find a way to resolve this issue I will have no choice but to
> abandon this editor and that will probably force me to write my own.  I do
> NOT want to take time off developing my own projects just to be able to
> have a usable editor to edit them with in fact i would hate having to do
> that when there has been an almost perfect option up till now.
>
> I would prefer that this editor be reverted back to its previous state of
> allowing me to GLOBALLY turn off the insertion of tab characters into the
> files i am editing by simply placing a -indentc 32 in my global options
> section of the rc file.
>
> I am not even slightly interested in any of the syntax highlighting
> features because joe does not have the ability to syntax highlight the
> language I am developing in so breaking any other languages highlighting
> is
> a complete and utter non issue so i TRIED to comment out the inclusion of
> the ftyperc file - this did not help.  I tried to add a * file type - this
> did not help.  I tried to delete ALL the other file types and leave ONLY
> the * file type with -indentc 32.  This also did not help.

*** Sounds like it's not reading that file.  Strace is your friend, and
can quickly tell you what it *is* reading.

          -Jerry Kaidor

>
> I doubt ill get any replies, i doubt this will ever be fixed but i can
> hope.
> Not being able to prevent tab characters from being forced into my source
> files is an absolute deal breaker for me, I will have to put my project on
> hold till i can find a new editor that does not make me totally CRINGE
> every time i have to launch it.  The only thing in this editor up to now
> that made me cringe was having to do ^kx^kx^kx 40 times in a row to quit
> and save all my edits but even this wasnt enough to drive me away but
> having 0x09 pushed into ANY of my files will do so :/
>
> Please restore this editor to its previous sane state and allow me to
> GLOBALLY DISABLE this abomination of a character.
>
> ty
>
>
>
> --
> "When something can be read without effort,
> great effort has gone into its writing."
>
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