Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ihlpl!psfales From: psfales@ihlpl.UUCP (Peter Fales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PC editor wanted Message-ID: <1598@ihlpl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Dec-86 17:31:41 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpl.1598 Posted: Sat Dec 20 17:31:41 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 20:38:12 EST References: <1469@utastro.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 19 > galaxy data is getting to be a bit of a nuisance. So, I > am looking for an editor that is a) inexpensive (<~$50), > b) has configurable commands so that I don't have to learn > yet another editor, and c) accepts files up to RAM limits. > The only editor that I know that meets specs (b) and (c) I have used the Mix Editor ($29) which almost meets the requirements. The only problem is the simplistic way it handles large files - You have to work through the file from beginning to end writing out one buffer and reading in the next. A little inconvenient but the price is right, and it was the only editor (except EDLIN) that I could configure to run on my homebrew MS-DOS machine with an ASCII terminal. -- Peter Fales UUCP: ...ihnp4!ihlpl!psfales work: (312) 979-7784 AT&T Information Systems, IW 1Z-243 1100 E. Warrenville Rd., IL 60566