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What we need is a generic tree editor for directly editing your code's parse tree.



Like… Lisp with a structure editor¹?

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_editor


Woah, just imagine the endless metaprogramming capabilities!


Imagine... A tree editor that could edit itself...

http://i.imgur.com/j74SykU.gif


I actually wrote one of those a while back:

http://pcmonk.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/phlisped-an-experimen...


I remember watching your video dude, I like your work


Not necessarily. Could be done as with a normal syntax highlighter + word processor. Think like WordStar with a RTF kind of text format.




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