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> Has anyone with an Atari ST development system located a decent (hopefully
> inexpensive) editor yet?  

If you bought the software developers package you should be getting MicroEmacs.
Otherwise there is another emacs clone, Mince, which is available.

MicroEmacs (ME) and Mince are very similar, with the following exceptions:

1) Mince can operate on very large files, using a temporary swap file
and a virtual memory mapping scheme. ME is like most micro text editors,
it can only operate on files that fit in RAM.

2) ME can open up more than 2 windows, MINCE is limited to 2.

3) ME has a macro feature, MINCE doesn't.

4) ME will fit on your C compiler disk, MINCE doesn't (at least not with the
standard 64K swap file.) This makes a difference if you, like me, are currently
stuck with 1 single sided drive.

5) ME is supposed to retail for around $50, MINCE sells for about $120.

Conclusion: either one is reasonable for text editing. Neither one is a
GEM application, nor do they exactly knock your socks off. Price is certainly
a factor. If you go for the software developers package, don't bother with
MINCE.
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