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In article <1de5qiINNbjj@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> mdr4@po.CWRU.Edu (Mark D. Rutherford) writes:
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>I am looking for a PC version of the VMS editor Xedit.
>Does one exist? If so, could someone tell me of it's whereabouts,
>or if it's not too big, UUENCODE it and email it to me?

There is an MS-DOS program called Kedit, which has all the features of
Xedit, plus valuable extensions.  It is not public domain, but neither is
it very expensive.  For information, contact the Mansfield Software Group,
PO Box 532, Storrs CT 06268.  Phone: (203)429-8402

Some of the features I really like are column and sentence blocking (with
cut, copy and move), as well as the Xedit line blocking.  Blocking can be
done by cursor movement and an alt-letter key combination, as well as the
old-fashioned Xedit prefix area commands (which only work for line
blocking).  I so much prefer the former that I've turned my ====== off for
good.  I believe the latest version (which I don't have) comes bundled
with an MS-DOS Rexx.  My version has a Kedit macro language instead. 

Kedit also has a much more rational positioning of the cursor after
operations than Xedit does.  I hate that returning of the cursor to the
command area after every operation.  And finally, Kedit doesn't have that
stupid nulls on/nulls off problem that Xedit has and in its default mode
it doesn't make entire lines upper case when you change something on them.
You can set case upper if that's what you want.

There is also a Unix version of Xedit, called Uni-Xedit, produced by
Dynasoft Workstation Group, (708)696-4450.  I've never seen it, but I
would only be interested if it included Kedit's advanced features.

Barbara Vaughan