CommonGripes

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Some of the most CommonGripes include:

CommonProblemsWithKeyboardLayouts
FullScreenMode or the joys of the 3270 terminal
InabilityToEditBinaryFiles? (including not being 8-bit clean)
InablityToEditLongLines? (related to InabilityToEditBinaryFiles?)
TheEightyColumnRule or joy of the HollerithCard
TabsVsSpaces
BoundCursorGripe or why can't my cursor move beyond the end of line?
LackOfUndo? or "DOH" syndrome
InabilityToViewBinaryCharacters? or I don't have HEX mode
Hey This Editor Is Modal
This Editor Doesn't Know How To Read Long File Names or I've got an old MsDos Editor
Hey What Line Number amd I on? or I must be using Emacs 18 (sic)
no InterchangeStandards?
no DesignStandards
Inability to configure default save-directory
Inability to handle text files using LF or CRas EOL chars (Notepad...)
Macros? Sure, record and play back! Edit your macros? No thanks (TextPad)

I know I can't seem to get a decent XML editor that isn't a specialized one like XMLSpy. You'd think one of the Scintilla derivatives would do as good a job... -- RonPerrella

Have you looked at the XMLEditorFamily recently? :) -- DMcCunney