Block Closure

[Ken Johnson]

jefu at pawl14.pawl.rpi.edu (Jeffrey Putnam) writes:
>In a nice bitmap oriented editor, blocks might be indicated by
>drawing lines around the block,...

The MIT Media Lab developed a language called `Boxer' which does precisely
this. The basic unit is the proceudre, analogous with a Lisp
function. The procedure is represented by a box. To loop, etc, you
enclose the box inside the box that represents the procedure you are
writing.

The editor does not have to be bitmap-orienbted, though it probably is.
You do not need any function that is not available through Termcap.
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