99626176@UWPLATT.EDU (Doctor WHO) (06/10/90)
I was just wondering what your favorite text editors for CP/M were (perferrably public domain). I am very new to CP/M (I have it on a C128) and there is so much public domain software out there. I have VDE 2.61 (or close to that version, can't remember off hand), VDO and TVX. Which do you suggest (or suggest one of your own) and why. I would especially appreciate responses from other C128 owners. Thanks. Cory Hug
ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) (06/11/90)
In article <80EE21132EDF205FAE@uwplatt.edu>, 99626176@UWPLATT.EDU (Doctor WHO) writes: > I was just wondering what your favorite text editors for CP/M were (perferrably > public domain). << Bits left out >> > I have VDE 2.61 (or close to that > version, can't remember off hand), VDO and TVX. Which do you suggest (or > suggest one of your own) and why. My favorite editor is ZDE 1.3. I like it because it interfaces well with ZCPR3.x. But it will (or at least should) work fine under vanilla CP/M. I also like it because it's a quick editor because everything is RAM-resident, but that will limit the length of your edit file to something like 40K, but there are special chop utilities that will allow you to break a large file down into smaller chunks. But I also find it easy to use. As for programs that edit larger files, I haven't had any luck yet finding a file that will fit that bill nicely. But VDE and ZDE are good starters until you can find a more suitable editor. Have fun, and happy hunting! -- Home: Ian Justman |UUCP: ...!uunet!mmsac or |"One of the few 6612 Whitsett Drive | ...!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac or |die-hard CP/M North Highlands, CA | ...{ames, att, sun}!pacbell |addicts left on this (916) 344-5360 95660| !sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |planet"
shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) (06/11/90)
In article <3251@sactoh0.UUCP> ianj@sactoh0.UUCP (Ian R. Justman) writes: >As for programs >that edit larger files, I haven't had any luck yet finding a file >that will fit that bill nicely. I like Vedit+ for this and other reasons. I've edited files 200K in length, and while it could get sluggish during reads/writes to floppies, it worked very nicely. It's also very configurable, and has a TECO-like macro language (some may not consider this to be a feature). -- Melinda Shore shore@mtxinu.com mt Xinu ..!uunet!mtxinu.com!shore
chad@anasaz.UUCP (Chad R. Larson) (06/12/90)
In article <80EE21132EDF205FAE@uwplatt.edu> 99626176@UWPLATT.EDU (Doctor WHO) writes: +--------------- | I was just wondering what your favorite text editors for CP/M were | (perferrably public domain). +--------------- I've used VEDIT from CompuView for about 10 years. They are mostly concentrating on their MS-DOS version now, but still sell the CP/M one (at least they did about a year ago). It allows multiple files to be edited at one time, multiple windows on screen, files can be any size that will fit on your disk, works with almost any terminal, etc. It also has an incredibly powerful command language (very much like TECO). It is not free, but considering the fact that the most time you spend at your computer is in the editor (unless you are playing games), and that I believe good tools are important, it seems worth the price to me. Note: as usual, no link between CompuView and me. Just a satisfied customer (with a little pride that the editor I picked so long ago when Ted Green was still working in his basement turned out so well). -crl Cory Hug -- Chad R. Larson ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or chad@anasaz.UUCP Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020 (602) 870-3330 "I read the news today, oh boy!" -- John Lennon
DHAESE%phs.uia.ac.be@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (06/12/90)
I like the text editor of Borland's Turbo Pascal v2 for CP/M, which
can only be used within Turbo Pascal. Under Turbo Pascal V3 and higher
it does exist as a separately editor, for the PC anyway, but does it
also exist for plain CP/M ? Furthermore, I believe it is
called the "microstar editor", but I am not sure of it.
I wonder ...
Gratien D'haese
e-mail: dhaese@phs.uia.ac.be
dhaese@banuia51dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) (06/13/90)
In article <80EE21132EDF205FAE@uwplatt.edu>, 99626176@UWPLATT.EDU (Doctor WHO) writes: > I was just wondering what your favorite text editors for CP/M were (perferrably > public domain). I am very new to CP/M (I have it on a C128) and there is so > much public domain software out there. I have VDE 2.61 (or close to that > version, can't remember off hand), VDO and TVX. Which do you suggest (or > suggest one of your own) and why. I would especially appreciate responses from > other C128 owners. Thanks. I know you said 'preferrably public domain' but I had to install my $.02 American in here. It's old and it's been upgraded a LOT since 1983 but I am using WordStar 3.3 on my Molecular Mod. 9. I've used it for everything from letter writing to writing code for the basic compiler to chew on and have found it easy to get along with and awful hard to break. Add to that that it's installable for a wide selection of printers and terminals and it fills the need nicely. If you ever find a set of disks for it with the manuals at a reasonable price, I think it would be worth the $$$ to buy it. BTW, I haven't run into any problems with files to large for it either. Here's hoping I don't start a WP war here (my WP is better than YOUR WP!) :-) *>> Dave <<* [------: Dave Ratcliffe :--------:-: 2832 Croyden Rd. Harrisburg Pa. 17104 :-] : dave@compnect.uucp -or- : The Data Factory BBS : : uunet!wa3wbu!compnect!dave -or-: Data: (717)657-4997 - (717)657-4992 : : compnect!dave@uunet.UU.NET :...........................................] [........use what works..........]
dastrout@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dave) (06/14/90)
Manx software makes a wonderful wordstar-like split screen text editor. It is not pd, but it is fairly cheap. Look for advertised with their C compiler (also a good product.) Dave Strout dastrout@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu root@next1.acs.muohio.edu
gary@cdthq (gary) (06/15/90)
dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes: > [ Dave recommends WordStar 3.3 ] > [ ... ] BTW, I haven't run into any problems > with files to large for it either. I understand that it is limited to 512K. This from a friend who had to edit a 1.5MB database, of which 1MB vanished upon exiting WS. Apparently, the convention for handling files over 512K involved a different section of the directory entry, and WS didn't (and probably still doesn't) know about it. I used to use Vedit; it was supposed to handle a file half the size of the drive (had to create the temp file....). Gary Heston, at home....
mem@zinn.MV.COM (Mark E. Mallett) (06/16/90)
I still use TED, the TECO clone that I wrote for the Z80. But then,
I'm biased. :-)
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I hate wordstar 3.3 (which I use all the time and am using now). I use vi at work but would switch to micro-emacs if it has macros. Does it? Can I write complicated macros in it? I know about vedit and don't like it that much. -Mitch