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Re: Editors

#13701
From: Scott Henry
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 10:09
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In article <1990Feb13.124800.2175@aucs.uucp> 840445m@aucs.uucp (Alan McKay) writes:

Alan> I am in search for the ultimate text editor to use while
Alan> programming, and I am wondering what some of you people use.  I have
Alan> tried the following and rejected them for the reasons given.
[...deleted..]
Alan> Please let me know what you use and whether it does real tabs, has
Alan> different windows (resizable).  What other features does it have?
Alan> If it is pd or shareware, where can I get it or can you send me a
Alan> copy?

IMHO, the ultimate text editor would be to port GNU Emacs to the Amiga,
but short of that, my current favorite is MG2B (originally MicroGnuEmacs).
It opens a window (which may be borderless) on the workbench screen, has
multiple re-sizable sub-windows (accessible from the keyboard), iconifies,
supports multiple fonts, and some other stuff I didn't compile in. I am
waiting for MG3 to show up (with an Arexx port, among other claimed
enhancements, to add programmability).  I think I got it off a Fish disk,
but it may have been posted to comp.sources.amiga once upon a time, and
might be at an archive site (if you can FTP).
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From: scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry)
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Subject: Re: Editors
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Date: 14 Feb 90 10:09:04 GMT
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