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Hello Fraser,

On Thursday January 07 1993, Fraser Street wrote to All:

 FS> I am interested in your recommendations from the net of a good
 FS> programmers editor for MS-DOS (386+) class machines.  Specifically I

Have you ever looked at Qedit? Current version is 2.15.

 FS> For me, a candidate editor must:

 FS> 1) Be character based.

OK.

 FS> 2) Do split screens to edit multiple files

OK.

 FS> 3) Have some sort of menu bar for functions which can appear/disappear
 FS>    as necessary.

OK.

 FS> 4) Have some sort of keybindings I am familiar with (emacs or
 FS>    Wordstar)

Looks to me like Wordstar, but may be reconfigured.

 FS> 5) Hopefully have a pop-up help screen for keybindings..

OK.

 FS> two other functions I find very useful:

 FS> 1) Support for a mouse so I can select text for cut/paste/delete
 FS>    operations.

No.

 FS> 2) Syntax directed indenting so that when I program the editor is
 FS>    aware of the current code and automatically indents to handle (),
 FS> {}, ;, and other similar constructs.  This would be similar to emacs's
 FS>    C-mode.

Yes. Also can check on matching pairs.

 FS> 3) A relitively robust UNDO facility.

Good enough for me.

 FS> The editor DOES NOT need to have:

 FS> 1) A fancy macro language.

It has, but you don't have to use it. Although I've made a template which
writes the basic frame of a program.

 FS> 2) The ability to edit huge files.

Its limit is available conventional memory.

 FS> If you know of an editor that fits this description which I could
 FS> acquire via FTP, or an inexpensive commercial product, please let me

Various places to FTP it from.

Regards,

           Hans.

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