[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Any Cheapo Text Editors?

rgates@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rick Gates) (07/19/89)

I'm interested in finding a basic ASCII text editor for little or
no $$$.  I'd like it to be current enough to maintain basic keystroke
compatability with most modern word processors, (ie. pressing RET at
the beginning of a line to insert a line, pressing DEL to delete at
the cursor, pressing BKSP to delete to the left).  I'd also like it to use 
as little memory as possible.  (Guess I don't want too much :-)

I'm interested in obtaining more than a few copies.  TED is only 
licensed for personal use, QEDIT is groovy, but I'd like to pay less
than $39 per copy, (ouch! cheap guy!), and FRED is a little too ancient.

Is this kind of thing out there, or am I expecting a free lunch?  If I have
to, I'll just go with QEDIT.

	Thanks to one and all,

			Rick Gates
			RGATES@OREGON
				or
			RGATES@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU

davem@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Dave McQuate) (07/20/89)

Did you catch vde131 posted 18 Jul 1989 in comp.binaries.ibm.pc?
--claims to be a "small, fast text editor".  So far, I've seen only the
first 2 of 3 parts.