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From: rwallace@tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Subject: Re: Anybody ever written a TADS front-end?
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Organization: University of Dublin, Trinity College
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 12:08:06 GMT
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>On 31 Aug 1994 17:21:06 GMT, 
>S.P. Harvey  <sharvey@interaccess> wrote:

>>Picked up a shareware copy of TADS for the PC yesterday and stayed up all 
>>night. In less than 6 hours, i built lockable doors, ways to die, 
>>variables, action-specific responses, all sorts of goodies. But I have a 
>>question...
>>
>>Has anyone ever implemented a front-end for TADS? You know, something 
>>with an integrated text editor, a library of functions, ability to call 
>>the compiler and run-time, etc.? Anything's got to be better than MS-DOS 
>>edit.com.

I recommend using the Brief text editor.  Not only is it an excellent
text editor, but it can be configured to support any compiler for any
language, so you can do things like call the compiler from within Brief,
and have it then jump to the location of the first error detected.

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"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie
