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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

676.0. "Need small text editor" by CSC32::MORGAN (Reality is the ultimate Rorschach.) Tue Nov 21 1989 12:29

    I need a small text editor for a 520, color monitor and 360 disks.
    Is there anthing comperable to say Q-Edit? Can Sedt be run on that
    little system?
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676.1FORTSC::MESSENGERSuspended in EthernetTue Nov 21 1989 12:453
    I've never heard of Q-Edit, but there's no reason why SEDT would not
    work with that configuration.
    				- hbm
676.2DIARY 1.5STAR::GILLIAMTue Nov 21 1989 13:072
    SEDT is great. However, there's an accessory text editor called 
    DIARY_15.ACC. It's the successor to WORD400 aka NEWWORD.
676.3CSC32::MORGANReality is the ultimate Rorschach.Tue Nov 21 1989 13:1914
    Thanx guys, my application is that I have some folks working on a
    magazine with me who are considerable less computer literate than me.
    SEDT has what I need which is nice functionality and the ability to set
    the left column at 2. Pagestream's ascii importer jams together the
    last and first words in a sentence. The only way I've found around that
    is to set the left column at 2.
    
    But SEDT is real big something like >100k. Is there a smaller version
    of SEDT? 
    
    I had a really fast version of EDT for the ST a couple years ago. It
    was adapted by some university and unsupported. I think that would be
    sufficient if I can set the left column properly. Trouble is I deleted
    it in favor of SEDT.
676.4QARRY::BHAMILTONBuzz HamiltonTue Nov 21 1989 14:314
    Version 1.8 of PageStream (available for $10 upgrade from SoftLogik)
    specifically fixes that problem with ASCII IMPORT. I wrote a
    pre-processor program in BASIC which replaces CR with space-CR and then
    imported into PageStream.
676.5CSC32::MORGANReality is the ultimate Rorschach.Tue Nov 21 1989 14:465
    Reply to .4, Buzz,
    
    Thanx. I'll order that. I found that the ascii import module could
    import ST Writer files. I had only to delete the Do Run Run codes out.
    Maybe that will soleve my problem.
676.6KERNEL::CARLETONLHold a chicken in the air ...Mon Nov 27 1989 06:092
    How about MicroEmacs?
    
676.7CSC32::MORGANAgent General of ChaosMon Nov 27 1989 09:211
    Huh? You call that small? B^)
676.8Diary is available on OLDTMR::OLDTMR::WALLACEMon Nov 27 1989 10:5710
Thanks to Mason Gilliam DIARY_15.ARC (a 30k desk accessory) is available in
OLDTMR::$1$DUA8:[WALLACE.PUBLIC.ST]DIARY_15.ARC.

Diary allows loading/saving files (via file selector) as well as just typing
on a blank sheet of paper (like a note pad). There are a few simple editing
features (move around with arrows, delete line, top/bottom of file, searching,
etc..) enough to make it usefull for simple editing tasks and as a decent file
browser.

	Ray
676.9MiffedKERNEL::CARLETONLHold a chicken in the air ...Sat Dec 02 1989 08:397
    Re.7
    
    The MicroEmacs I had back at college was only about 56K ... i'd
    call that small, maybe you wouldn't
    
    Les
    
676.10That's an old onePRNSYS::LOMICKAJJeffrey A. LomickaSat Dec 02 1989 10:038
Today's "microemacs" is a 106KB file, and includes a complete extension
language and lots of fancy features.  Once you load your macros into it,
it wouldn't make for a very friendly desk accessory.

See PRNSYS::RELEASED_TOOLS:[MICROEMACS]*.*, and conference VSG::MICROEMACS

I don't think "small" applies.  It is, however, my editor of choice on
the Atari, for various reasons.