[comp.os.msdos.programmer] wanted: simple editor code

davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis") (04/22/91)

Hi,

  I was wondering if someone might be able to point to some very simple editor
code (preferably in C).  I do not want something with shells and other
whistles.  I just want something simple that I can build on.

Thanks,
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John

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dubner@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Joe Dubner) (04/23/91)

> I was wondering if someone might be able to point to some very simple
> editor code (preferably in C).  I do not want something with shells and
> other whistles.  I just want something simple that I can build on.

My favorite is DTE, by Douglas Thomson (doug@giaea.oz).  Although I obtained
my copy by another means, I believe the complete source and binaries are on
SIMTEL20 in PD1:<MSDOS.EDITOR> as DTE5-1.ZIP.

Beside Doug's generous gift of his source to the public domain, there
are two things I like about DTE: 1) it is WordStar-like and 2) it is
portable to MS-DOS and (at least) HP unix systems.  I was able to
compile it OK with hpux 7.0 and Turbo C++ 1.01 (but unfortunately not
BC++ 2.0).  Someday I'll find out why.

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Joe