[comp.unix.questions] WordStar-like Editor for Unix Wanted

konopka@cbnewsk.att.com (raymond.konopka..jr) (08/25/90)

I would like to know if there exists a WordStar-like editor
available for use on a Unix system.  I have programmed in a 
PC environment for some time know using Borland's Turbo Pascal and
Turbo C/C++ and have just moved to a Unix environment.
I like the editors used by Borland which are based on WordStar, and
I am trying to find one available for a Unix environment.  
Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ray Konopka

dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) (08/30/90)

In article <1990Aug24.170746.23848@cbnewsk.att.com>, konopka@cbnewsk.att.com (raymond.konopka..jr) writes:
> 
> I would like to know if there exists a WordStar-like editor
> available for use on a Unix system.  

We found a program called Fenix which fills the bill nicely. Here's the 
pertinant info from the opening screen of the demo version we received:

                         Demonstration Software License
                              from Fenix Software
                                 P.O. Box 15649
                            Sarasota, Florida 34277
                              Sales: 813-351-5532
                            Technical: 813-951-0336


While the demo version truncates ANY file to 50 lines, it appears to contain
everything the full version does including a Spell-Star like checker. It also
contains a Unix sub-menu allowing basic funtions (chmod, mkdir, etc..). After
using WS to write software in compiled basic, having Fenix on a Unix system
makes it feel like home :-)

> Thanks,

Yer welcome.....

> Ray Konopka

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