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From: my@falcon.nsc.com (Michael Yip)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Good windows 3 texteditor for program source text?
Message-ID: <1991Mar9.191331.2897@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 9 Mar 91 19:13:31 GMT
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> From: my@falcon.nsc.com (Michael Yip)
> > From: wim@ecn.nl (Wim Rijnsburger)
> > 
> > Does anyone know a simple editor with Windows 3 look and feel, suited for
> > editting program source text? Now I use Notepad, but this tool cannot
> > open large files and lacks functionality such as replace and redo.
> 
> A few program editors are available.  You can get them on cica.
> The program editors include:
> 	WinEdit	(Shareware)
> 	WPEdit	(Shareware)
	^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <---- It's a FREEWARE (for now)

WPEdit	Robert Epps
	208 Preble Drive #E
	Tustin, CA 92680-3743
	repps@bix
	gpkt94a@prodigy
	72560,3353@compuserve

WPedit is a MS Window 3.0 based Program Editor.
The alpha-release is rather robust (it never
crash) and has the following features ...
	- File List for previous edited files.
		(Very good for projects with many modules)
	- View window for same file
		(Can View another part of the file while
		you are editing it.)
	- Write highleghted section to file
		(Good for breaking down huge file or
		reuse portion of old file in new program)
	- Optional display of line number
		(Good for GOTO line number and also after a GREP
		or edit syntax error msg from compiler)
	- Goto Line #
		(The usual stuff)
	- Set and goto TAG
		(Just like the bookmark in MS Word)
	- Toggle to Overwrite mode
	- Optional auto-indent
		(Good for structure code development)
	- Optional indent-after mode
		(Will insert another level of indentation
		after certain user definable key words. eg '{' )
	- Match paranthesis
		(OK, we all develop C and Lisp)
	- Can indent block of highlighted text
		(Good for formatting code after we add a level
		of 'for' loop.)
What it doesn't have ...
	- "Anti" Indent-after features
		(which automatically go back one level of 
		indentation after some user defined key word.  eg '}'
		Especially useful for mindless programmer like me.)
	- Fancy Printer Support
		(eg printing file with filename and date in
		the heading of a page ...)
	- Undo features will be coming in the next version
	- A journal or logging feature will be coming together
		with the Undo feature.
	- Word warp
		(it is really programmer editor.  And I like it.)
	- Compiler support
		(Cannot call compiler from within the editor)
	- Regular expression search
		(It does normal search/replace but not UNIX-like
		regular expression search.  I can do without ...)
	- Script language
		(Script is coming also.)
	- Change Text font
		(Cannot not change text font.)


How to get it?
	- Write to author thru US (snail) Mail
	- Send electronic messages
	- FTP from sites like cica

-- Mike Yip
   my@berlioz.nsc.com

PS: I have no relationship with the author, but just a
    happy wpedit user.  I don't use it too often since
    I am going most/all program development on UNIX.