On Wed, 04 Jul 2001 11:36:53 +0200, Sacha Menge wrote:
> Hi list,
> I'm searching for an editor that show me two files at the same time.
> I want to translate some Docs for myself and cut and paste from one file
> to another. For me it seems easier if I can see both files.
> Is there something to do this?
There is a very nice split-screen editor that is available from MIX
software. These are the people who make the Power C compiler for
DOS. I have their editor and I used to use it. All of their stuff
is commercial payware supplied with very nice printed manuals and
all for a very low bargain price. See http://www.mixsoftware.com
Also you could use the Qedit editor or the freeware PEDIT. With
these editors you can read in a file to have it appended below
another file you are editing. Then you can cut and paste stuff
from the upper file to the lower file and vice-versa. You will
have to do a lot of "page-ups" and "page-downs" to alternate your
viewing of the two different files. Using simple DOS commands you
can easily append one file to another to create a new file for
editing with whatever text editor you want to use. I don't know of
any DOS editor that will display the two separate files in two
separate windows so that you can cut and paste from one file to
another as you would when using a Windows OS.
One thing you can do in DOS is to load a file as a pop-up TSR.
As you are creating a new file as a translation of another, you
can press a hot-key to pop up your source document for viewing at
any time. Then you simply press another key to return to your
editor and the new file you are creating. There are various TSR
utilities available as free downloads that you can use for
implementing this technique. There are probably some people on
this list who can recommend a particular TSR utility that is
especially good for doing this. If I were to recommend the one
I use, I am sure I will get flamed for it by someone else who will
recommend something better.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
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