Why would someone use UltraEdit with SAS?

[Tom]

Has this turned into a history lesson in old editors?

Speaking of the SAS program editor,  why would you want the enter key to split the line when you just trying to get to the next line?  The big problem with the "enhanced editor" or EG or SAS/Studio over DMS editor is that it is not really part of SAS.  You can not use SAS code to create command macros for them.  I have command macro to generate a macro call from the source of any autocall macro. Or insert the list of variables from a SAS dataset.

WYLBUR was a wonderful program editor.  I am convinced that the CHANGE command could not only slice bread but toast it and put the butter on.  I even found a PC version I could run on my IBM 5150.

For the office Christmas party in 1979 someone at my office programmed the ROSCOE editor to run TIC-TAC-TOE including randomly deleting one of the lines in the file it used to pick its moves so it was possible for the kids to sometimes win.

Do you still remember what key on the VT-100 keypad was the Insert Line function in the EDT editor?

[FreelanceReinh]

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@Tom wrote:

Speaking of the SAS program editor,  why would you want the enter key to split the line when you just trying to get to the next line?

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For mere cursor movement I use the arrow keys.

I have command macro to generate a macro call from the source of any autocall macro. Or insert the list of variables from a SAS dataset.

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That sounds useful. My favorite feature of the Enhanced Editor is the keyboard macro functionality.

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Do you still remember what key on the VT-100 keypad was the Insert Line function in the EDT editor?

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I don't think I've ever used the VT-100. My first keyboard was that of a Sharp MZ-3531.

[JimLoughlin]

You also get to the old program editor by selecting it on the View menu.