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From: crazydud@visual
Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: EDITORS -> EMACS
Keywords: WRITE MY OWN!
Message-ID: <T7RN12w164w@visual.UUCP>
Date: 19 Apr 91 17:12:04 GMT
References: <1991Apr17.044951.7951@netcom.COM>
Organization: The Visual Market - Spokane, WA (CowNet)
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mrs@netcom.COM (Morgan Schweers) writes:

> Some time ago kdq@demott.com (Kevin D. Quitt) happily mumbled: 
> >In article <1991Apr15.155341.4999@athena.mit.edu> maurik@irene.mit.edu write
> >>
> >>[good comments on the horrendous price of editors,
> >> and a recommendation on two free ones.]
> >>
> >
> >    They also have about 1% of the features available on real editors
> >(e.g. Epsilon or Brief).  It would take as much time to bring Freemacs
> >up to what Epsilon can do as it would to write Epsilon from scratch.
> >Who has the time?  I certainly don't - I'm too busy using my editor
> >on real programs.
> >
>     Prove it.  Tell me *WHAT* Epsilon or Brief do that MicroEMACS or
> Freemacs don't?
> 
>     The obvious answer (at least for Freemacs) is the 64K limit.  I
> (and many others) are working on this.  This is one of the advantages
> of having the source code available.  However, I'm a normal programmer
> (from what I can see) in that I keep my code in seperate modules.
> None of my modules are over 64K, and I like it that way.  I find it a
> neat project to work on cracking the supposed '64K' barrier.
> 
>     Freemacs is an editor for people who enjoy their programming, not
> people who just want to do their job and go home.  I consider modifying
> my editor for special features (which I bet I couldn't do under Epsilon
> or Brief) to be part of my job.  It not only makes my life easier, but
> it makes anyone who comes after me's life easier.  And after all, that's
> what most of programming is.  Making tools to make making tools easier.
> 
>     Oh, and as a final note, I'd *WRITE* my own blasted editor before
> paying $200+ for someone else's.
> 
> >
> >-- 
> > _
> >Kevin D. Quitt         demott!kdq   kdq@demott.com
> >DeMott Electronics Co. 14707 Keswick St.   Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266
> >VOICE (818) 988-4975   FAX (818) 997-1190  MODEM (818) 997-4496 PEP last
> >
> >                96.37% of all statistics are made up.
> 
>                                                      --  Morgan Schweers
> +----
>    I'm looking for a copy of Turbo Pascal 3.x.  If anyone has it, I'd
> appreciate hearing from them.  (IMHO, it was the last good version of
> Pascal they made.  They've all been bloated since.)  --  mrs@netcom.com
> ----+

 
No kidding.  It would be a simple thing to write a quick editor in 
assembler.  Not only would it be faster than Brief (doubt it'd beat 
Norton's Editor which I use), you would know exactly what was going on!
 
CrazyDud@Visual