[slim-vim] Vial has a home on common-lisp.net

[Jim Bailey]

Hi Brad,

You aren't supposed to write an editor yet... first you have to implement
your own language.

There hasn't been much positive feedback about your vial announcements but
don't worry, this is probably just usual editor loyalty. I have seen the
vim's source and even tried to work with it and I agree both with your
comments and your intentions. On the surface it is a great editor, but
behind the scenes it isn't exactly what any developer would want to work
with.

There is also one major selling point for a CL editor: portability. An
ncurses interface is a vital first step, but it also leaves open the option
for running native guis (CLISP seems to be adding my GTK2 bindings, and both
CLISP and GTK2 are very portable) and on java thanks to ABCL.

I have often been frustrated with vim and emacs and look forward to trying
out vial, I might even try adding clisp+gtk2 support. Hopefully I will get
an internet connection soon, just waiting for the telco to send a
technician.

Good luck with the development.

Jim
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