Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihuxk!db21 From: db21@ihuxk.UUCP (Dave Beyerl) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cpm Subject: Homebrew Text Editor Question Message-ID: <896@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 07:00:14 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxk.896 Posted: Mon Mar 11 07:00:14 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 21:56:08 EST Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.micro:9669 net.micro.cpm:3719 Its taken me a while, but I am finally getting around to reading some of the classic "how to" computer science/programming texts. Currently, I am working on Kernighan & Plauger's "Software Tools" and have found it interesting reading. In particular, I find the section on editing most interesting and am considering coding the editor, edit, that they present. The text seems quite complete, and the exercises present some useful suggestions for improvements. As I am running a CP/M rather than a Unix-like system, I realize there will be some differences in the file handling routines and possibly a few other places. What I would like to know is whether anyone else has attempted this conversion and what was your experience? Please no flames about why I would want to do this when there a SO many editors available, I have my reasons. Please reply by mail. Thanks in advance for your help. For every problem there is one Dave Beyerl solution which is simple, neat, ihuxk!db21 and wrong!