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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
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Subject: Re: Programmer's Editor
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.133024.8500@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 15 Feb 91 13:30:24 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.001120.12992@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, jvb7u@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jon Brinkmann) says:
>
>While we're on the subject... I've tried several programmer's editors
>(QEDIT, MULTI-EDIT and others) but haven't really been satisfied with them.  
>
>I guess I'm picky but I'd like one that:
>        1)      allows one to put tab (^I) characters in the file,
>                        but will expand them to a user definable set
>                        of equal positions (4 spaces for C, 8 for all else).
>        2)      and has user definable keys (include F1-F10, <ctrl>... and
>                <alt>...), macros, and a startup file.
>        3)      small (< 64K executable) so I can use it on our old PC's.
>

1) QEdit does allow user-definable positions for (I think) up to 6 user
    definable extensions (C, Pas, Txt, Bat, whatever you want). I don't
    know about the placement of Tabs as ^I but I can put them in.

2) Virtually every key on the keyboard is redefinable in QEdit. It also
   has macros (but no startup file, and not sure what you want in the
    startup file).

3) QEdit is 45k or so.

I use it all the time and have not found anything that beats it yet :-) 

(Alright, you can flame me for posting rather than E-Mail...)

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu