26 Mar
2007
26 Mar
'07
10:38 a.m.
On 26 Mar 2007 at 1:04, Jim Leonard wrote:
No doubt I will get some scorn for knocking Brief and
other venerable
editors, but the truth is I have very specific needs: 1. Instant screen
response to user input, and 2. a functional undo. That's it, really,
and I was surprised how many text editors did not fit the bill.
In defense of VEDIT (which I don't use), it should be noted that
there are older versions that will work quite well on 8088 systems.
AFAIK, it's the only one in the list that was ported to the IBM
Displaywriter. If you're interested in others, I can dig around a
bit and perhaps find a couple you missed.
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.
Cheers,
Chuck