My own editor
that I've used for over 25 years, is like TERSE, small
and originally hosted on an 8080 CP/M. It's 11K, but has things such
as shell out, capture output, variable indent and shortcut language-
element keys (e.g., type Alt-M and you get a complete "int main(int
argc, char *argv[]) { };" sequence). One of these days, I'm going
to add long filename support. Every once in awhile, I try someone
else's but I always return to my own. They'll probably bury a copy
of it with my mortal remains.
I'm the same way - my editor started back in my Altair days (in 8080
assembly language), then got ported to 6809 assembly for my 6809
system, and finally ended up in C, where it routinely gets recompiled
for whatever system I happen to be wanting to use. It's small, simple,
powerful enough for my purposes and most importantly - it's the same
no matter what platform I'm using - I've also tried other,more fancy/
powerful tools - but I too always come back home.
Since I admire the both of you, it looks like I'm going to have to
follow in your footsteps and write my own editor :-)
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Jim Leonard (trixter at