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From: -Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wings (was:Re: GS/OS Reording)
Message-ID: <38646@cup.portal.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 05:45:34 GMT
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>Uh... Yup!  Wings has a very nice text editor that is FAR easier to use 
>than the one found in ProSel.  GUI, mouse, pull down menus, and all that.
>The text editor is the ONLY minus I see in ProSel though.  You can't 
>beat it's general price/performance (or performance on its own right)
>with a stick.  I only wish Glen would get a grip on the CUI (common user
>interface, nearly all the MS-DOS developers are switching to it.  Very
>similar to Apple's Mac interface we're all so familiar with).

Be advised that there is a problem with the Wings text editor. It chops
large text files without warning. I was in the process of converting some
old executioner files, and had the oppurtunity to edit many files over
50K. They all bombed. I did not bother to figure out how large a file it
takes, and while I occasionally use it, I no longer SAVE files that I have
read.

I tried to edit one of these files (almost have them cleaned out) today
with GSX Edit. I had to chop a combiner basic program out of the text
file. I cut the basic program out, selected all, deleted it, then pasted
it back in. I saved the file with the name combiner. It would not exec.
It took a while to find out why, but GSX Edit had saved the file with
a resource fork. I really had not been looking for this. I will file a
bug report to Mark Cinelli tomorrow.

Oh yes, I have 4 MEG in my ROM 1 GS, and have always had several MEGS 
available when Wings chopped my text files. It is a problem with an
otherwise nice editor.

I managed to use the basic program only after entering the ORCA shell,
and "type combiner > comb". This produced a text file that I counld exec.

The GS still needs a decent text editor. And Prizm has it's own problems.
The one that bothers me most often is that it requires a text file to
end in a carrige return. Only by using three text editors can I accomplish
simple tasks with files over 50K. I have an old version of EMACS. I guess
it may be worth looking into.

>The main feature Glen Bredon is missing in most of the modules of ProSel 
>(that could really stand to benefit from it) is a standard file requestor
>box.  Would make getting to and editing those files a hell of a lot
>easier.
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