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From: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone)
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Subject: Re: large file text editor
Message-ID: <1044@super.upenn.edu.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 19-Apr-87 17:33:14 EST
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Keywords: MS-DOS, editors
Summary: Fastest MS-DOS editor?

In article <846@viper.UUCP> ddb@viper.UUCP (David Dyer-Bennet) writes:
>In the discussion of text editors on ms-dos for large files, I haven't
>yet seen mention of Epsilong (from Lugaru Software, 5740 Darlington Rd,
>Pittsburgh, pa 15217 (412)421-5911).  It will edit files as big as I've
>ever seen (over 500k) given space for swap file.  It's also an emacs
>look-alike in command set, and is completely rebindable and programmable
>(using a c-like rather than a lisp-like internal language).  It's also the
>fastest ms-dos editor I've ever seen (considerably faster than Brief,
>for example).  They also provide the source code for most of the commands,
>which can lead to considerable fun if you want.
>
>-- 
>David Dyer-Bennet

Could you provide some timing tests for Epsilong?  I'm curious, as I
find FinalWord II by Mark of the Unicorn to be the fastest editor I've
seen on micros, and am not sure that anything could be faster.  If you
post the findings for Epsilong, I'll do the same for FWII and any
other editors we have around (MS Word, WordPerfect 4.1 and 4.2,
MicroEmacs) that people might be curious about.  I'd *love* to know
which is the fastest editor around, since I spend so much time using
mine.

Tony Catone
catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu
catone@wharton.upenn.edu