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>Has anyone had any experience with SEDT, Anker Berg-Sonne's EDT-like editor
>for VAX/VMS, DEC Rainbows, and the Atari ST?  Testimonials?  I have really
>appreciated this editor on the Rainbow, and have been considering purchasing
>the ST because the keyboard so much resembles what I'm used to.  I would
>like to know how much more of my environment (that is, editor) I can preserve
>on the ST.
>John Norman


I am one of the beta testers of SEDT, and have been using it for a few
weeks now. Although SEDT is still in beta test, I find it to be unusually
free of bugs. I feel it has EDT beat, and I've also now switched from
using EDT to SEDT on my VAX at work. I consider it a real plus to be able
to use the same editor on the VAX and on my ST at home. Also, its
especially comforting to have such a high level of support from Anker -
his response time to enhancements/fixes is fast! He recently spoke on
SEDT at our local Atari club meeting.

Regarding the current status of SEDT, I'm including a message from him,
below, that was extracted from our in-house NOTES file:
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                I have  been plugging away at it.  Have what I think is a
        very solid TOS  version.   The only annoyance is the time that it
        takes for me to checkpoint the journal file, which has to be done
        by closing and reopening it again.
        
                I was given strong input that  a  GEM  version was highly
        desirable and have taken that advice.   Finished a first cut this
        weekend and feel very good about it.   I  need to enhance some of
        the  menus,  but  it  looks  good.   I'll get  this  out  to  the
        betatesters in about a week.
        
                Finally  I have to get some feedback from the betatesters
        on  where  the  product  needs  improvement.   Having done that I
        should be ready to go to market.
        
        Anker
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     /Don Peters, Digital, 617-689-1242/

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