Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!dg-rtp.dg.com!hagins From: hagins@dg-rtp.dg.com (Jody Hagins) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Text Editors Message-ID: <1990Nov30.211835.29117@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 30 Nov 90 21:18:35 GMT References: <1990Nov27.201109.1507@wpi.WPI.EDU> <25605@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <11587@j.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: hagins@dg-rtp.dg.com (Jody Hagins) Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 37 In article <11587@j.cc.purdue.edu>, zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou) writes: |> Writing an editor is not really an easy task. If you really want to write an |> editor buy yourself, I suggest that you get an editor toolbox so that basic |> screen, memory and file control are just a few rountine calls away and you |> can concentrate on User interface and specific functions you want to implement. |> |> As an alternative, one could get Turbo Pascal 3.0 as a text editor. It is very |> compact, requires very little memory yet very powerful. I've long upgraded my |> 3.0 to 5.5, but since my hard disk is not fast enough and it takes time to |> load 5.5, sometimes I use 3.0 as a mere editor if I want to write something |> really short. |> In addition, Borland offeres a package called Turbo Editor Toolbox with source for a pretty good editor. I picked up one for 5 bucks at a local store (since it was for version 3.0). -- Jody Hagins hagins@dg-rtp.dg.com Data General Corp. 62 Alexander Dr. RTP, N.C. 27709 (919) 248-6035