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From: ljz@well.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
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Subject: Re: Turbo Editor Toolbox (and BRIEF)
Message-ID: <1044@well.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 20:29:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: well.1044
Posted: Wed May  7 20:29:00 1986
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References: <1771@panda.UUCP> <5079@think.ARPA> <259@cad.UUCP>
Reply-To: ljz@well.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman)
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In article <259@cad.UUCP> chapman@pavepaws.UUCP (Brent Chapman) writes:
>In article <5079@think.ARPA> ejb@think.UUCP (Erik Bailey) writes:
>>In article <1771@panda.UUCP> plw@genrad.UUCP (Pete Williamson) writes:
>>>Specifically, is it source code that can be modified to become the
>>>editor of your choice?

...

>Well, I happen to be partial to BRIEF.

Well, since BRIEF has come up ...

I have tried it and I think there is even a *better* editor:  Epsilon
by Lugaru Software (5740 Darlington Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 
(412) 421-5911).  It's quite EMACS-like.  It comes with a language to
write commands in called EEL ("Epsilon Editor Language", or some such
thing) which is actually C ... and a fairly good implementation.  It
has automatic disk buffering, is fast, allows you to edit multiple
files, lets you define windows, but most of all (and this is my 
favorite feature), lets you run a DOS subprocess *concurrently* in a
window.  This is TRUE concurrency ... a compile can be cranking
away while you're editing in another window,

The EEL language is very powerful:  you can redefine most commands to
work the way you want, reconfigure the keyboard, and define your own
new commands.  One command I defined allowed me to mark text and then
pipe it through a DOS filter, replacing the original text with the
output of the filter.  This is much like the "!" command in the
Unix 'vi' editor.  I've never seen any MSDOS editor I could do this
on so easily, and I've definitely not seen any MSDOS editor that
supports true concurrency.

Check it out.