rthien@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr rj thien) (03/20/91)
I am interested in purchasing a very good text editor. Has anyone got any experience with editors such as "BRIEF" or "The Sage Pro- fessional Editor". I interested in all comments! I know that the Sage editor is rather pricey but is it worth the money. Does it fulfill the claims associated with the advertise- ment? Will BRIEF perform just as well anyway? I was also wondering if anyone knew an archive site that has an available PC Version of "CRISP" editor ( I understand it is shareware or freeware) for Anonymous FTP. Last week, an article indicated that it has been successfully ported to several UNIX platforms and it was originally written for the PC machines. SIMTEL does not have it, who does ? In anticipation of your replies, thanks a great deal ! Roger Thien... email : rthien@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au
rasmus@napc.uucp (Rasmus Lerdorf) (03/22/91)
In <1991Mar20.073352.18783@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> rthien@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr rj thien) writes: > I was also wondering if anyone knew an archive site that has an > available PC Version of "CRISP" editor ( I understand it is > shareware or freeware) for Anonymous FTP. Last week, an article > indicated that it has been successfully ported to several UNIX > platforms and it was originally written for the PC machines. > SIMTEL does not have it, who does ? I posted a request for Crisp information as well. I am currently running v1.9 under AT&T SVR3.2. Someone almost simultaneously posted a message about a Crisp mailing list to which I sent a message. I have yet to get a reply, and I am still very interested in getting a newer version of this editor from somewhere. I picked version 1.9 up from a BBS in Toronto, Canada. If anybody has any info, an FTP site, anon uucp, bbs, anything, please reply. -- Rasmus Lerdorf calgary!ajfcal!napc!rasmus 1020-64 Ave NE, Calgary NovAtel Advanced Product Concept Development Alberta, Canada T2E 7V8
todd@toolz.uucp (Todd Merriman) (03/22/91)
rthien@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr rj thien) writes: > I am interested in purchasing a very good text editor. Has anyone > got any experience with editors such as "BRIEF" I have been using Brief for about 5 years. I have to say that it is rather robust and seems to be well-designed. It has been around awhile and has a substantial following. Originally, the macro language was difficult to use due to its Lisp-like syntax. The macro language has been extended to included a C-like syntax. The macros are compiled, which makes them execute very fast. Even though I haven't tried, the keyboard can be configured anyway you like. Brief is a mature software product, which is more than I can say for some of the Johnny-come-latelies. I have no experience with the Sage editor. > I was also wondering if anyone knew an archive site that has an > available PC Version of "CRISP" editor Good luck trying to get Crisp to compile! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Todd Merriman - Software Toolz, Inc. * Maintainer of the * * 8030 Pooles Mill Dr., Ball Ground, GA 30107-9610 * Software * * ...emory.edu!toolz.uucp!todd * Entrepreneur's * * V-mail (800) 869-3878, (404) 889-8264 * mailing list * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
tpm@ecs.soton.ac.uk (TP Monks) (03/27/91)
In <1991Mar20.073352.18783@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> rthien@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (mr rj thien) writes: > I am interested in purchasing a very good text editor. Has anyone > got any experience with editors such as "BRIEF" or "The Sage Pro- > fessional Editor". I interested in all comments! Although I know nothing about Sage, Brief ended my quest for the perfect editor - it does everything you need, and is very easy to add macros to if you can program a bit of c. > I know that the Sage editor is rather pricey but is it worth the > money. Does it fulfill the claims associated with the advertise- > ment? Will BRIEF perform just as well anyway? > I was also wondering if anyone knew an archive site that has an > available PC Version of "CRISP" editor ( I understand it is > shareware or freeware) for Anonymous FTP. Last week, an article > indicated that it has been successfully ported to several UNIX > platforms and it was originally written for the PC machines. > SIMTEL does not have it, who does ? You can get it from wuarchive.wustl.edu in /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume7/crisp1.9 I tried to compile it on a Silicon Graphics PI, but as yet it always crashes before doing anything - I'd be happy to hear from anyone who's had any successes on that front! Tim Monks Southampton University