Faber, Joseph Lewis2014-03-142014-03-141991-05-05etd-01202010-020229http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40706A comparison is made between traditional text editors, syntax-directed editors and syntax-aware editors. The design for a prototype general purpose syntax-aware editor is presented. This editor utilizes a user-written language specification to continuously parse the text buffer. Errors are indicated to the user non-intrusively by modifying the display color of the text. Error messages are presented to the user as the cursor is placed over portions of the text which are in error. A description of the implementation of the editor, and a critique of its usefulness is included.iv, 79 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V851 1991.F324Text editors (Computer programs)Master's projecthttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01202010-020229/