Re: A general drill/tap pgm, for one'sis/two'sies [Re: G-Code Libraries ?


CunningLinguist wrote:
> "jon_banquer" <jon_banquer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1136017720.623574.280540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CunningLinguist wrote:
> >> Dude,
> >>
> >> The only thing that is hurting my ability to move forward is my 90 degree
> >> learning curve...
> >>
> >> But really, the Q is so simple, and the answer proly just as simple:
> >> Just what does a g-code text editor do that NotePad does not??
> >>
> >> Answer it for Doug, if not for me.
> >> Or don't. Someone else, sane/useful, eventually will.
> >>
> >> Now, this is going to rock yer world:
> >> I ackshooly DO unnerstand what an HTML editor does, even tho one could,
> >> in
> >> principle, use Notepad.
> >> I've even used one--all by my effing self!!! HoTMetaL Pro--get
> >> it--HTML??
> >> Obsolete now, most likely, what w/ FrontPage'n'***...
> >> ----------------------------
> >> Mr. P.V.'d
> >> formerly Droll Troll
> >
> >
> > UltraEdit is a text editor. UltraEdit is not a specific G code text
> > editor / backplotter. It can be used for G code but it's not
> > specifically designed for G code.
>
> So if it is indeed just a text editor, what advantage does it have over
> Notepad et al?
>
>
> >
> > A quick look at the UltraEdit website should have made it crystal clear
> > to you what UltraEdit is / does.
> >
> > If you want a specific G code editor / backplotter suggest you check
> > Google and www.cnczone.com to see how hard I'm working at trying to get
> > one built with the features I feel are lacking in other G code editors
> > / backplotters.
> >
> > That would be the same G code editor / backplotter that GaryR couldn't
> > / wouldn't produce.
> >
> > BTW, what in the world would you know about sanity ?
>
> Well, I haven't really have had the need to *study* it, as you apparently
> need to do.
> You might start w/ examining what sanity is *not*, and after proly a 10 year
> process of exclusion, you might then have an idea of what it is.
> Start w/ yer posting habits.
> ----------------------------
> Mr. P.V.'d
> formerly Droll Troll
>
> >
> > jon
> >
> > "I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." ... Jimmy
> > Hoffa
> >


"So if it is indeed just a text editor, what advantage does it have
over Notepad et al?"

You have now shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that in addition to any
CADCAM program that your also too lazy to download UltraEdit and try
it.

Is there also a reason you can't look at the numerous screen shots of
UltraEdit posted on their website and figure out how it's different
from Notepad ?

jon

"I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them." ... Jimmy
Hoffa

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