Alpha

This is version 7.2 of Alpha, a completely customizable and programmable text editor especially tuned to handle source code, LaTeX, and HTML files. Alpha is: New features: o new Latex, HTML, and Java modes o expanded syntax coloring o new modular reorganization of Tcl code o One or two other enhancements and fixes. And the standard blurb: o Powerful. Alpha uses Dr. Ousterhout's Tool Command Language (Tcl) as a scripting language. Tcl is rapidly becoming a popular extension language over many different hardware platforms. o Customizable. Any function or keystroke sequence can be bound to any key, menus are completely user-specified and modifiable. o Emacs-ish. Alpha supports many of the key bindings and central concepts of GNU Emacs. It is not a port, however, and uses a Tcl instead of LISP as an extension language. o Multi-modal. Alpha supports mode-specific: bindings menus keyword colorizing Alpha currently has over 20 different modes, including modes for the following languages: Ada, C, C++, Fortran, HTML, Java, Pascal, Perl, Postscript, Scheme, SQL, Tcl, and TeX (including both LaTeX and LaTeX2e). o Interoperable. Alpha allows user scripts to build and send arbitrary AppleEvents. Currently, the default configuration of Alpha inter-operates with several different compilers, including CodeWarrior and Symantec C/C++, several LaTeX implementations, including OzTeX, DirectTeX, and Textures (although Textures' AppleEvent support is currently very weak), and several other applications, such as MacPerl, BibTeX, Excalibur, the ToolServer, and Eudora. o Native on the PowerMac. o Uses the latest Apple technologies, such as Drag and Drop, and AEGizmos. o Uses Ramon Felciano's Mercutio menu definition routines. o Internet Config-aware. Alpha is ShareWare, $30.