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In article <32896@bu-cs.BU.EDU> gasp@bucsd.bu.edu (Isaac Kohane) writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>	the last version of McSink that I used was a zippy little DA.
>When my hard disk drive had a generalized seizure and lost its soul I
>had to download a new version: 6.5. On my MacPlus the DA runs with
>responsiveness that reminds me of bygone days text editting over 300
>baud lines. Is this what I can expect with the commercial version (Vantage)
>of this DA?

I'm running Vantage version 1.1 on my MacPlus-like machine and I'm happy
with its speed compared to earlier McSinks.  It also corrects some
annoying bugs, like McSink's menu wouldn't disappear when I click on the
Versaterm window, leaving McSink command-keys active - Vantage fully
deactivates itself if not in the front window.  Vantage adds still more
features to McSink (spell checker is handy, I haven't really used the
macros or the user functions yet). 
	I highly recommend Vantage as one of those essential utilities
(along with Suitcase II, QuickKeys, DiskTop and a few others) that no
Mac should leave home without. 

	For a new wrinkle on pop-up editors, see Andrew Welch's
Flashwrite.  It is an init/cdev that brings up a (very) simple text
editor when you hit some user-definable key combination, even from
within a modal dialog box where DAs are not available.  Very limited
editing commands (not even a search/replace).  Max file size is 32K. 
But fast and convenient.  It's ftp-able from sumex. 

-Jon

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