akw@osupyr.UUCP (01/19/87)
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Being somewhat naive about CP/M anyhow, I am open game for flames, so be
gentle. I am taking a Computer Science class in assembler and we are using
CP/M-86 of all things on the PC. I simply do NOT want to use ed line-based
editing; it offends me, considering I am using GNU Emacs to write this article
to the net.
Are there any versions of MicroEMACS or any other screen-oriented editors
for CP/M-86? If so, please post or e-mail me a response (or, possibly,
uuencoded stuff if possible) Thanks...
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[AKW food: pizza subs gyros spagetti peanut butter jelly DietCoke Hostess]Dickson@his-phoenix-multics.arpa (Paul Dickson) (01/20/87)
From: Andrew K Weaver <akw%osupyr.uucp at cbosgd.uucp>: >Being somewhat naive about CP/M anyhow, I am open game for flames, so be >gentle. I am taking a Computer Science class in assembler and we are using >CP/M-86 of all things on the PC. I simply do NOT want to use ed line-based >editing; it offends me, considering I am using GNU Emacs to write this article >to the net. > >Are there any versions of MicroEMACS or any other screen-oriented editors >for CP/M-86? If so, please post or e-mail me a response (or, possibly, >uencoded stuff if possible) Thanks... I ran CP/M-86 for two years on my non-ibm compatible micro and I have only found one editor that was of any use: Turbo Pascal. The editor was well worth the sixty or seventy dollars I spent. You can even configure the keys to be something like emacs. -Paul Dickson Dickson%pco @ HI-Multics
jdb@ncsc.arpa (Brown) (01/20/87)
You might try one of the following from SIMTEL20: Directory PD:<CPM.VDOEDIT> VDE233.LBR.1 BINARY 53632 ECDCH VDO25B.LBR.1 BINARY 57600 07FBH Both are screen-oriented editors. I have used vde for about 2 weeks(!) so I am still learning. Haven't tried VDO yet but they seem similar (started from the same root). VDE has a wordstar 'flavor', commands are ESC-x, CONTROL-x, ^Qx, and ^Ox. It also has macro capabilities which can have 1-255 repeat counts (but I haven't figured out how to save/reload the macros). It comes with an install program to set up for various terminals. If you are lucky, yours already has a configuration file set up, otherwise you can roll your own. My only complaints are that screen update is slow (on my C128, but then everything is) and the command codes are non-intuitive (even if I can remember the letter, I get the 'ESC/CONTROL/^Q/^O' part wrong but that will come). If you have a memory mapped vidio that meets the requirements, there is a VDM version that should run much faster. They aren't the best editors in the world, but they beat the heck outta ED and the price is right. David Brown jdb@ncsc