/prog/ is going to write a text editor

First, we must agree on what language to write it in.

I nominate C, for efficiency purposes, and that I am most comfortable in it. I also nominate Scheme, because I am proficient in it.

HAY GUYS WHAT I WOULD LIKE IN AN EDITOR, WHICH EMACS MAY HAVE ALREAFDY BUT I HAVE NOT LEARNED EMACS, IS THE ABILITY TO PIPE THE CURRENT BUFFER THROUGH SOMETHING AND FOR THE OUTPUT TO BE PLACED IN A NEW BUFFER OR OVERRIDE THE CURRENT. THEN YOU COULD GREP AND CUT AND SED AND DO LOADS OF STUFF WITH YOUR BUFFER. OR YOU COULD JUST DO IT WITH A SELECTION, AND THEN IT OVERRIDES THE SELECTOIN WITH THE OUTPUT OF THE PIPED COMMAND. IS THAT AEWSOME OR WHAT?