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In article <boo-1605950122330001@ip034.phx.primenet.com>,
Walter Ian Kaye <boo@primenet.com> wrote:
>In article <slvrmnD8Jrtr.J37@netcom.com>, slvrmn@netcom.com (Albert
>Silverman) wrote:
>
> > I have researched this problem is some depth, and it is my conclusion 
> > that PlainText (latest version 1.5.3) is far and away the VERY BEST text 
> > editor for general purpose use on the Macintosh. It is quick, has 
> > excellent keyboard editing shortcuts, _has SOFT word-wrapping_ (which, in 
> > my view, is ESSENTIAL), and many features which make it a pleasure to 
> > use. And perhaps best of all, it is FREE. There is currently NO 
> > competition out there in the jungle.
>
>Maybe not for free, but for $5, there sure is: Tex-Edit Plus 1.3.4. It has
>soft word wrapping, supports Macintosh Drag and Drop, Speech Manager,
>STYLED text (fully compatible with SimpleText), colored text, set default
>font/size and window size/position, Mac/DOS/Unix end-of-line conversions,
>handles files of any size, smart quote/ligature conversions, and much
>more.
>
> > Try it. You'll love it!
>
>I tried it, and read the docs -- it's no match for Tex-Edit Plus.
>
Unfortunately, I have an older computer and am using system 6.0.7. 
Tex-Edit Plus does not work with system 6. I have researched the system 6 
version of this program (Tex-Edit v2.7.2) and find that it not only has a 
bug, but cannot handle large files very well, and lacks certain keyboard 
editing shortcuts (selecting text with the shift key), due to its being 
designed around the use of the extended keyboard, which I do not have.

Even so, I believe that Tex-Edit (system 6 version) is the second-best 
out there, for use with my particular setup. And for $5, anyone who can 
use Tex-Edit Plus will certainly be getting an outstanding value. For all 
intents and purposes, a cost of only $5 is "freeware."

> > > BBEdit Lite 
3.0 is freeware and has numerous bells and whistles. 
> > Unfortunately, however, it HARD-wraps words, automatically adding a 
> > carriage return at the end of each line.
>
>BBEdit 3.1 (the pay version, anyway) finally added soft-wrapping. Just FYI.
>
I am aware of this fact. My comments were addressed ONLY to the Lite 
version of this product, which I consider to be useless for most purposes.

>
>-Walter
>
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