From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!alr
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Screen Editors for IBM PC
Article-I.D.: duke.2222
Posted: Tue Jun 15 10:08:29 1982
Received: Wed Jun 16 04:43:15 1982


I am currently in the market for a good screen editor for the
IBM PC.  In addition to the usual goodies,
I particularly want an editor that's
smart enough to disk-swap automatically, since my files tend to
be rather large.  I am NOT interested in paying extra for a formatter
or word processor.  Three competitors seem to have received good
reviews (hearsay): VEDIT from CompuView Products, PMATE from Lifeboat
Assoc., and EMACS (perhaps in its MINCE incarnation) from some firm
in the Boston area whose name I forget.  Does anyone have any
firsthand experience with these or other editors?  I'd be grateful
for any advice/reports.
	Arny Rosenberg
	Duke Computer Science
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	(919)684-3048