dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) (01/13/91)
Since we're over in .advocacy now, I figured I'd toss my fave into the ring: QED. It's not as 'hefty' as CygEd, but it does have a pretty good list of features. Like for instance (snapped from the intro...) o An Amiga oriented program in every sense o 68000, 68010, 68020, and 68030 compatible o Compatible with Amiga O.S. 1.3, or 2.0 o Fast response, and efficient memory utilization o Full Intuition interface. Mouse, and keyboard supported o Option to use the ARP file requester o Unlimited multiple text editing windows o Edit files of virtually any size, number of lines, or line length o Binary files may be opened, edited, and saved o Fast reading, and writing of files o Automatic memory management, and reallocation as text is inserted o Automatically adjusts everything to use your system font o Non-proportional system fonts of virtually any size may be used o Automatically adjusts to your system's Workbench screen size o Keyboard decoding using your system's keymap o Dead-keys are supported o Full CLI, and Workbench support o Multiple files can be automatically opened from the CLI, or Workbench o Can be made resident, and is fully reentrant o Many powerful text editing tools o Full support for the Amiga IFF clipboard.device o Block, and Column cut, copy, insert, and save o Many text formatting tools o Fast search, and replace forward, backwards, prompted, global, etc. o Fast global search, and replace in block, or in column o Character case toggle (single, in block, or in column) o Bracket, brace, and parenthesis match search for C programmers o Unique settings for text editing windows o Optional simple word-wrap o Insert, or overstrike modes o Left, and right margin settings o Variable size soft, or hard tabs o Tab insert, or move cursor to tab stop o Margin locking to simplify text entry within margins o End-of-line limited, or free-form cursor movement o Optional Auto-Indent o Variable pen, paper, and border colors o Variable horizontal scrolling rate o Option to detab output to files, or printer o Option to create backup files o Option to create icons when saving files o Option to save files in append mode o Full ARexx support o Nameable ARexx ports o Powerful command mode with full line editing, and history o Over 100 powerful commands with many options o Can be run as a hidden background process o Send a variety of information back to ARexx o Fully documented error codes o QED's own macro mechanism o Macro recorder o User callable custom requesters o Assign any command(s), or macro to any of over 350 keypress combinations o Quick user definable function keys menu o Assign any command(s), or macro to single, or double mouse clicks o Multiple commands per line It's about 84K on disk- I don't know how big CygEd is, but I keep hearing horror stories about the size of GNU Emacs...;-). I crunched QED down to about 45K with PowerPacker and stuck in on my Workbench disk (no HD :-( ). I particularly like its Arexx features- I switched to it from UEdit because of the latter's incomprehensible command language and screwy Arexx port. $30, shareware. Worth every penny. dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com ...uunet!tronsbox!dfrancis GEnie: D.HEFFERNAN1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Using C will definitely cut your life expectancy by 10 years or more." -- Carl Sassenrath, GURU'S GUIDE TO THE COMMODORE AMIGA