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From: jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian W.K. Hook)
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Subject: Text Editors
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Date: 28 Nov 90 00:00:07 GMT
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Does anyone know where the source code to a public domain text editor is
located?  I am interested in writing my own text editor, since most out
there are kludgy (NORTON EDITOR), big (EPSILON, BRIEF, SAGE), ugly (EDLIN),
or unsophisticated (TED, QED) or written for a particular language (TC).

I want to write my own that implements common functions, ditches the overhead
of a macro language etc. etc., and is easy to use.  However, I am having
a difficult time implementing the actual engine.  The interface is easy,
but the cursor movement, search routines, etc. etc. are rather irksome to
do.  I do NOT want to use an array, and I want to be able to edit files
up to the size of available memory.