> - An editor should be small enough to run on a 128K machine. FreeDOS will not run on a 128K machine.
> - Calculator? How many people do not have a physical calculator or cell > phone laying around nearby? you are right. but wtf will I use a 128K machine for if I have a iPhone around ? > - An editor should be smart enough to page in parts of the file as it > needs to from disk. This enables editing of files that are larger than > the memory size. > - An editor should have "journalling" to help recover the lost work if > the machine crashes while editing. This is normally done by recording > the keystrokes to a separate temporary file and flushing them to disk > periodically. In the event of a crash the journal file can be replayed > to restore most of the edits, and hopefully not cause another crash > because of a bug in the editor. yep. and run on a 128K machine ? > - Undo support. > - The ability to convert tabs to whitespace and vice-versa. > - A pop-up on-screen ruler. > - Regular expression support for searching through text. > - A hexadecimal display mode. yep. and run on a 128K machine ? > And I'm sure that other people have many other good ideas ... and ability to play tetris while printing ;) Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
