How do you maximize productivity when writing filepro code in a 24x80?

[Bob Rasmussen]

Sorry I didn't notice the original post. In Anzio you CAN make ctrl-C and 
ctrl-V be Copy and Paste, instead of being sent to the host. Go to 
Edit:Advanced options:Keys. Or you can use ctrl-insert and shift-insert. 
Or you can create your own macros (in AnzioWin, not Lite).

On Fri, 26 Aug 2016, Brian K. White via Filepro-list wrote:

> On 8/26/2016 2:01 AM, Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just wondering how I can interact with filepro's 24x80 fixed screen
>> environment where I can only see  6 logic lines at any one time.  This is
>> really becoming a problem when writing complicated code.  For the past 18
>> years, I've grown accustomed to using large monitors and being able to see
>> 70-100 lines at once and being able to copy and paste blocks of code.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to Anzio, I am able to copy and paste segments of code, but only a
>> line at a time.  I also wished Anzio respected the traditional crtl-c and
>> ctrl-v commands instead of only the right-click menu copy/paste commands.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In the old days with an env variable ascii  turned on, I used Scripsit to
>> edit the raw prc.tables.  I really don't want to deal with all the embedded
>> colons.  Hard to quickly read and check its syntax.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Also note that my filepro is running on SCO instead of Windows, where I
>> imagine the prc could be easily opened in something as simple as notepad.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> THE QUESTION IS.  How are you doing developing in filepro?  I'm sure most 
>> of
>> you are developing on multi large screen monitors with each running in 1920
>> mode.  I'm just trying to be more productive in the filepro ide and
>> struggling is an understatement.
>
> In theory it could be done, but as far as I know no one has managed much in 
> that way yet.
>
> You can open the prc files in vi or any editor you like of course (assuming 
> ABE=ascii).
>
> And I once made vim syntax highlighting files for vim and cooledit (midnight 
> commander), and the coloring helped *slightly* by making the LABEL : IF : 
> THEN sections all different background colors from each other, or by making 
> the colons outlandishly ridiculously different from anything else so the 
> really stood out at a glance.
>
> I tried to make vim display each line of prc as 2 lines on-screen, greenbar 
> fashion, to make a more space-compact version of the cabe display, YET also 
> have vim still retain a correct idea of what line in the file it's actually 
> editing when you edit something on-screen. I never could get it, but I still 
> believe the syntax language is actually powerful enough to define something 
> that strange, just it requires a vim syntax expert, which there's probably 
> about 4 of those in the world, who are all probably vim authors! In fact, I 
> bet it's even theoretically possible to get it to hide the real colons from 
> the display, but write them in the file, and display ^a as colon in the 
> display, and write a ^a in the file for a typed colon.
>
> Next you still have to load the file in cabe to tokenize it.
>
> I think Bob Stockler used to have vim macros to invoke cabe from within vim 
> to syntax check and tokenize the table you were editing, while staying in 
> vim. I never got that fancy myself. Bob is no longer with us, but JPR may 
> have his stuff available for ftp download.
>
> My old vim and cooledit files are here:
>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20050218041341/http://www.aljex.com/fp/vim/
> http://web.archive.org/web/20090107003131/http://www.aljex.com/fp/mcedit/
> Also: 
> http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/filepro-list/2014-May/030816.html
>
> Barry Wiseman might have something to offer actually. I think he follows this 
> list, but not closely. If he doesn't react to this in the next day or so I'll 
> ask him.
>
> -- 
> bkw
>
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