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- From: johannes.beekhuizen@contrast.wlink.nl (Johannes Beekhuizen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Suggestions wanted: A good programmers editor!
- Message-ID: <726625896.AA01049@contrast.wlink.nl>
- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 10:04:34
- Sender: postmaster@contrast.wlink.nl
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- Hello Fraser,
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- On Thursday January 07 1993, Fraser Street wrote to All:
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- FS> I am interested in your recommendations from the net of a good
- FS> programmers editor for MS-DOS (386+) class machines. Specifically I
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- Have you ever looked at Qedit? Current version is 2.15.
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- FS> For me, a candidate editor must:
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- FS> 1) Be character based.
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- OK.
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- FS> 2) Do split screens to edit multiple files
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- OK.
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- FS> 3) Have some sort of menu bar for functions which can appear/disappear
- FS> as necessary.
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- OK.
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- FS> 4) Have some sort of keybindings I am familiar with (emacs or
- FS> Wordstar)
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- Looks to me like Wordstar, but may be reconfigured.
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- FS> 5) Hopefully have a pop-up help screen for keybindings..
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- OK.
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- FS> two other functions I find very useful:
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- FS> 1) Support for a mouse so I can select text for cut/paste/delete
- FS> operations.
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- No.
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- FS> 2) Syntax directed indenting so that when I program the editor is
- FS> aware of the current code and automatically indents to handle (),
- FS> {}, ;, and other similar constructs. This would be similar to emacs's
- FS> C-mode.
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- Yes. Also can check on matching pairs.
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- FS> 3) A relitively robust UNDO facility.
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- Good enough for me.
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- FS> The editor DOES NOT need to have:
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- FS> 1) A fancy macro language.
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- It has, but you don't have to use it. Although I've made a template which
- writes the basic frame of a program.
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- FS> 2) The ability to edit huge files.
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- Its limit is available conventional memory.
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- FS> If you know of an editor that fits this description which I could
- FS> acquire via FTP, or an inexpensive commercial product, please let me
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- Various places to FTP it from.
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- Regards,
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- Hans.
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