aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) (02/28/89)
Ever heard of Lil' Jake?? It's a really nice text editor written for MS-DOS
that seems to be tailored for editing programs. I have used it a bit
...but I need to buy another, licensed copy of it.
Problem IS....all I can find on the program itself is:
(C) Copyright 1984 by Elizabeth B. Gray
I have no further documentation, and no one around here seems to have heard of
it. If anyone can tell me who the manufacturer is and/or where I can order
a copy I sure would appreciate it!!!!
Alternatively...(as a last resort)...if you can suggest another convenient
easy text editor for programming on an MS-DOS system, that would be very
nice as well.
Disclaimer: any and all of the above text is soley attributable to myself alone
and no other organization bears responsibility for its content.
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Home: (804) 622-8348 Work: (804) 460-2241 ext 195 hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (03/04/89)
aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) writes: >Alternatively...(as a last resort)...if you can suggest another convenient >easy text editor for programming on an MS-DOS system, that would be very >nice as well. -------------- I strongly recommend you take a look at Brief. It's available from Solution Systems 541 Main Street Suite 410 So. Weymouth, MA 02190 It's very fast, edits big files (they don't have to fit in memory), it's easy to learn, customizable, and has terrific online help (I used it for months before cracking the manual). You can also compile, link, and run your programs from within Brief. At work I've recently moved from a PC to a Unix workstation. The workstation is great for everything, except that it doesn't have Brief. For any serious editing I still turn to Brief on a PC an then upload my source to the workstation. John Hardin hardin%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com ----------------
allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) (03/12/89)
As quoted from <40970006@hpindda.HP.COM> by hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin): +--------------- | At work I've recently moved from a PC to a Unix workstation. The | workstation is great for everything, except that it doesn't have | Brief. For any serious editing I still turn to Brief on a PC an | then upload my source to the workstation. +--------------- Chances are that it *does*, or at least can. Brief is derived from a Unix editor called Emacs; and the Gnu version of Emacs runs on virtually everything and costs only whatever it costs to fetch it from an FTP or UUCP site. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@ncoast.org uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@<backbone> NCoast Public Access UN*X - (216) 781-6201, 300/1200/2400 baud, login: makeuser
hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) (03/16/89)
/ allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) writes: >As quoted from <40970006@hpindda.HP.COM> by hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin): >+--------------- >| At work I've recently moved from a PC to a Unix workstation. The >| workstation is great for everything, except that it doesn't have >| Brief. For any serious editing I still turn to Brief on a PC an >| then upload my source to the workstation. >+--------------- > >Chances are that it *does*, or at least can. Brief is derived from a Unix >editor called Emacs; and the Gnu version of Emacs runs on virtually >everything and costs only whatever it costs to fetch it from an FTP or UUCP >site. > >++Brandon ---------- I'm really surprised to hear that Brief was derived from Emacs. My frustration with Emacs, which is what I've been using on Unix, is what causes me to turn to Brief on the PC for major editing. John Hardin hardin@hpindda.hp.com ----------
dale@oakhill.UUCP (Dale Stevens) (03/17/89)
>I'm really surprised to hear that Brief was derived from Emacs. My >frustration with Emacs, which is what I've been using on Unix, is >what causes me to turn to Brief on the PC for major editing. > >John Hardin >hardin@hpindda.hp.com >---------- I agree. I would very much like to see a Brief clone on unix!!! dale
mark@jhereg.Jhereg.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn) (03/19/89)
>+--------------- >| At work I've recently moved from a PC to a Unix workstation. The >| workstation is great for everything, except that it doesn't have >| Brief. For any serious editing I still turn to Brief on a PC an >| then upload my source to the workstation. >+--------------- There is a BRIEF clone for UNIX called CRISP which was recently posted to alt.sources. If you have Brief on a PC and are frustrated by not having available for Unix, it might be a good place to start. Crisp is, for the most part, completely backwards compatable with Brief, however, there are a few things which you will have to watch out for when porting macros between the two. Just thought you might like to know. -- Mark H. Colburn "Look into a child's eye; Minnetech Consulting, Inc. there's no hate and there's no lie; mark@jhereg.mn.org there's no black and there's no white."
jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (03/20/89)
In article <1911@apache.oakhill.UUCP> dale@apache.UUCP (Dale Stevens) writes: >>I'm really surprised to hear that Brief was derived from Emacs. My >>frustration with Emacs, which is what I've been using on Unix, is >>what causes me to turn to Brief on the PC for major editing. >> >>John Hardin >>hardin@hpindda.hp.com >>---------- >I agree. I would very much like to see a Brief clone on unix!!! >dale Look at CRISP which was recently posted to comp.sources.unix. It emulates Brief on Unix. This is not a recommendation since I haven't tried to use it (I am very happy with uEMACS) JB -- Jonathan Bayer Beware: The light at the end of the Intelligent Software Products, Inc. tunnel may be an oncoming dragon 19 Virginia Ave. ...uunet!ispi!jbayer Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (516) 766-2867 jbayer@ispi.UUCP