BGB100@psuvm.psu.edu (Bruce Blanar) (02/14/90)
Hi all: With working on an IBM mainframe everyday at school, I have grown a bit used to the XEDIT editor. I am interested in making an Xedit-type editor for the ST, with the same kind of power (macros, full configuration settings, etc.) I know that a commercial product exists for the IBM PC series of computers called Kedit (Mansfield Software). Does anything exist like this for the ST, either PD, shareware or commercial? If something like this does exist, can someone please give me references to companies or FTP/mail sites to get a copy? Any help would be appreciated. By the way, I know Kedit works on an ST running PC-DITTO; it's slow, but it works. On a related note, is there anything similar to REXX available for the ST? That's another idea that has been brewing over in my mind for a while now too. (I know...if I want a mainframe environment, use a mainframe. But I like my ST!) Thanks all! I hope something good can come out of this! Bruce Blanar ________________________________ | ___ || BGB100@PSUVM.bitnet | / )____ _|_ / | || :::::::::::::::::::prefered | /| / | | | __\_ | || BGB@psuhcx.psu.edu | | / | \ \/ | || BGB@psuecl.psu.edu | | | /\ \/ * || BGB@psuecl2.psu.edu |________________________________|| blanar@math.psu.edu
david.megginson@canremote.uucp (DAVID MEGGINSON) (02/16/90)
I've spent half my life trying to escape from CMS (Xedit, etc.). Well, OK, not half my life, but it's close. The University of Toronto gives free accounts to grad students on the IBM mainframe, but not on the Unix machine. I did not think there was anyone in the world who actually liked CMS, but it only goes to show that each of us wants to make our home computer act like something familiar -- be it Unix, the Mac, or even (gag!) CMS. There's even a command-line interpreter (Pcommand) which mimics MSDOS, which is sort of like ripping the engine out of a Porsche and putting a Volkswagen engine in instead!!!!! And isn't there a CP/M emulator out for the ST? So far, I have not seen anyone insane enough to want to make the ST act like it's running VAX/VMS, but maybe that poor fool exists, somewhere. --- * Via ProDoor 3.1R