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From: rgates@oregon.uoregon.edu (Rick Gates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Any Cheapo Text Editors?
Message-ID: <5466@oregon.uoregon.edu>
Date: 18 Jul 89 22:44:34 GMT
Organization: University of Oregon
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I'm interested in finding a basic ASCII text editor for little or
no $$$.  I'd like it to be current enough to maintain basic keystroke
compatability with most modern word processors, (ie. pressing RET at
the beginning of a line to insert a line, pressing DEL to delete at
the cursor, pressing BKSP to delete to the left).  I'd also like it to use 
as little memory as possible.  (Guess I don't want too much :-)

I'm interested in obtaining more than a few copies.  TED is only 
licensed for personal use, QEDIT is groovy, but I'd like to pay less
than $39 per copy, (ouch! cheap guy!), and FRED is a little too ancient.

Is this kind of thing out there, or am I expecting a free lunch?  If I have
to, I'll just go with QEDIT.

	Thanks to one and all,

			Rick Gates
			RGATES@OREGON
				or
			RGATES@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU