If the programming editor could be configured to call external user-specified programs at three particular times:
1. Just before compiling,
2. When printing,
3. When downloading code,
it would become possible to create pre-processors (that may do fancy macro expansions or add comments or give more sophisticated syntax checks), or print listings with appropriate options, or download via remote computers - or produce special downloaders that can be given to non-Windows operating systems.
1. Just before compiling,
2. When printing,
3. When downloading code,
it would become possible to create pre-processors (that may do fancy macro expansions or add comments or give more sophisticated syntax checks), or print listings with appropriate options, or download via remote computers - or produce special downloaders that can be given to non-Windows operating systems.
