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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Edit 2.1 and Many, Many Fonts
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Date: 11 Sep 90 05:35:04 GMT
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In article <4582@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes:
>I enjoy two things in my Macintosh life; Lots of Fonts and
>a simple text editor like Edit 2.1.
>
>Unfortunately, it appears that too many fonts causes
>Edit to choke.  Has anyone else had this problem?  What is 

Yes.
>the magic number of fonts that is OK?  Thank god I have

I don't know.

>suitcase so that I can turn off some fonts when I need 
>Edit....but.....what a pain!

Yes, Suitcase kept Edit alive for me, long past what it's demise would
have been without Suitcase. It finally became too difficult when I
actually commonly worked with LaserWriter fonts on a regular
basis.

I have replaced it with DA text editors. I wont specify which one, because
I haven't decided. They're all shareware with the exception of McSink,
which is shareware, but if I decide on it I'll probably buy Vantage.

They include:

ConText
McSink
MiniWriter
Sigmaedit (actually denoted by the Greek letter Sigma, looks like
a bent capital E)
There are others.

I've also heard rumors that Consulair is willing to sell the latest
version of Edit independently of MDS. The latest version is
supposed to fix this problem. Unfortunately, at the time I heard this
rumor I was not using MultiFinder due to lack of memory, so I didn't
pursue it. I think the rumor was $25.

Now that I can run MultiFinder ( I have a 4 meg 512ke ), maybe I should
reconsider Edit. After all, I gave Consulair almost $1000 during the
early years when they were the ONLY C compiler. I gave up on them
when their upgrade price was ~ 30% of the discount price of
a brand new Think C. It was too close, though not actually exceeding
my standard rule: "When repair exceeds 50% of the value, buy a replacement",
but given previous upgrade costs, etc. I decided it exceeded my rule.

I don't think there are any simple text editors available except
for DAs and the ones attached to the development systems. Think C's
editor would be great, except it insists on opening a Project
when you just want to open a file. Edit *may* be available independently.
If so, *great*.

Cheers,

	jim

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