Re: New Egg: posix-regex

[felix . winkelmann]

> Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com> wrote:
> > I've been working on something along those lines myself, in fits and
> > starts.  I haven't gotten too far with it, but my basic idea is to make
> > a library of data structures and functions suitable for creating
> > ed-style interfaces where the basic metaphor is a buffer of lines.
>
> My basic idea is to write a POSIX ed(1) implementation which is
> extensible through a library interface which allows defining custom
> editor commands through provided macros and parser combinators. If you
> are interested, you can find the source code at:
>
>       https://github.com/nmeum/edward
>
> By now the editor is largely compatible with the POSIX ed(1)
> specification. As such, I also have a "buffer of lines" abstraction with
> POSIX ed undo support in `lib/buffer.scm`.
>

Brilliant!


felix