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Date: 12-JUN-1989 14:25:58.83
From: Ralph Becker-Szendy RALPH AT UHHEPG
To:   GATEWAY::"Info-CPM@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil"
Subj: What are recommended programming editors for cp/m
Hi everyone

In case you are curious why I asked for the whereabouts of Tim Brengle a
few days ago: Because was hoping to get his ADL (Adventure Definition
Language) one of these days.

Now a "loaded" question, which will probably start another "what is your
favourite ..." war:

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PROGRAMMING EDITOR UNDER CP/M ?

A few remarks. I am specifically looking for a programming editor, not a
word processor. I know the following:

- WordStar V3.3, in use every day, but it is slow and stupid,
- WordStar V4, I heard a lot about it and should finally get it, but it
        is probably hardly better than V3.3 when it comes to
        programming.
- Express V1 (available from SIMTEL) Very powerfull, extremely
        configurable. But: Limited to files which fit in memory, a lot
        of the good features are missing. According to the documentation
        V2 (which supposedly has all the good stuff in it) should be
        available from TCI, 17733 205th Avenue, Woodinville, WA 98072;
        but that place doesn't seem to exist any longer (no phone
        number). Does anyone know what happened to them ?  I would get
        Express V2 immediately !
- VEDIT Plus, supposedly avaliable from CompuView, 1955 Pauline BLvd,
        Ann Arbor, MI 48103, (313)996-1299. Supposedly supports
        multi-window and files of any size. I only have a sales flier
        for their Mess-Dos version. Is the cp/m version still available?
        Is it any good ?
- ME, which comes with the FTL Modula 2 compiler. Supports multi-window
        editing, but is limited to editing in memory. Many features
        usefull for general editing are missing, and it is awfully slow.

In particular, I would love to have a multi-window (at least two)
editor, it  makes life so much easier. Editing in memory is hardly
acceptable. Also, it should be adaptable to ANSI (or DEC) terminals
(which have some awfull escape sequences). In particular, it should (if
possible) make use of the "restricted scroll area" feature of ANSI
terminals when windowing (since windowing with delete line / insert line
escape sequences is just too slow).

By the way ... I guess for word-processing WS V4 is unbeatable. How does
WRITE (supposedly available from Workman & Associates) compare to WS V4?

Go ahead ... flame each other about your favourite editor ... make my
day! I will just sit here, listen to all of it, and make up my mind (or
not).

Ralph Becker-Szendy                            RALPH@UHHEPG.PHYS.HAWAII.EDU
University of Hawaii / High Energy Physics Group        RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET
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