You may download it from [1]. It is 449k as it contains debug info... [1]: https://nextcloud.iww.rwth-aachen.de/index.php/s/jdggYg2igeDSMQF
Bernd > Am 07.05.2025 um 21:52 schrieb Wilhelm Spiegl <wilhelm.spi...@mail.com>: > > Hi Bernd, > > could you publish a test version with the actual status? > > Thx > > Willi > > -- > Gesendet mit der mail.com Mail App > > > Am 07.05.25, 21:01 schrieb "Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel" > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>: I have made some changes to the > FreeDOS EDIT source. EDIT 0.9a contains quite many bugs, which I find > astonishing considering it is the default editor since a few decades. > > Things I have done so far: > > - fix IVT memory corruption resulting from a null ptr write when creating a > new document > - fix "replace all" not replacing all occurrences (but only from the current > cursor position) > - fix mouse cursor flickering > - fix wrong drive being initially selected (always A:) in the file open / > save dialog > - fix bug which prevents the user from navigating beyond the last character > of a line via right arrow key (for example in the search dialog with > previously entered text, or when the last line of a document did not end with > a newline character) > - make search "wrap around" at end of the document if search is not started > from the beginning (did previously only search from current cursor position > to end of document). > - remove the border and title bar around of the "main window", as this only > wastes space. The new layout looks like [1]. > > To investigate: > > - People report high CPU usage > > Issues probably never fixed: > > - EDIT has a huge binary size considering its limited text editing > capabilities > - it is incapable of editing files >65000 bytes > - could be faster on slow machines > - it cannot create documents without the last line being terminated by a > newline char (not sure that is an issue, but one person complained on the > sourceforge bug tracker) > - I am sure I will find more... > > To remove some of these issues, a SIGNIFICANT amount of time has to be > invested. So I wonder if it would be better to actively search for a > replacement. Other option is to live with its current state... > > > [1]: https://github.com/boeckmann/edit/issues/1#issuecomment-2849246567 > > Bernd > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
