[Oberon] Gadgets for SyntaxConstrainedEditor

[Jack Johnson]

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 12:48:04 -0500 (EST), B. Smith-Mannschott
<bsmith at cs.oberlin.edu> wrote:
> (Despite this I have to admit that it's an idea that's never quite
> lost its appeal for me.)

I've had this idea for a while for a Forth environment for handhelds
that turns the tokens into real tokens, so you can drag & drop any
element from the dictionary into a line of code without needing to
tap/type/write it in, limiting the real entry to just numbers or names
that aren't yet in the dictionary.

Having it intelligently follow a syntax could continually keep the
pick lists or palettes to a minimum for the limited screen real
estate.

But then you envision the end result and wonder why not just
use/implement Gadgets or a Smalltalk environment (Squeak) to implement
a similar limited-input programming environment for PDAs.

-Jack