RE: RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-15 Thread Dave Laundon
Gavin Smith wrote: And interestingly, in relation to an earlier email of mine, it's written in SAM C - cool. Do you have the source? Can we have it? :) Did you do a later version that the one on Fred 60? OK here's that later version of proType (from 1999):

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-13 Thread David
- Original Message - From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Preferred plain text editor ZDE16 - kept up with my typing at about 90 WPM (ok - this was a few years ago - i'm a tad faster these days) - this managed to cope

RE: RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-13 Thread Dave Laundon
Gavin Smith wrote: Like it craps out on you if you decide not to load or save a file etc. Speaking of which, it seems to look for a .p extension when loading files - can this be got round? Still, assuming it does indeed save plain text, that's my text editor of choice now :) Oh, I don't

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-12 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:56:33AM +, Me wrote: I believe I made a Sam version of my speccy editor FSE (which is a Sam version in the same way that the Sam version of Elite is, I'm afraid, and so has a maximum text size of about 25K). Now I've found the disk, I remember it was on

Re: RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-12 Thread Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith wrote: Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Is there one out there? Will it keep up with my typing? (120wpm...) Gavin May I humbly suggest ProType from Fred 60? It's crap in some (most) ways,

RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Versteeg, Benjamin
No, your right. Sorry. Greets! Ben P.S. DON'T LOOK AT THE DISCLAIMER! IT'S OUT OF MY CONTROL!!! ;) -Oorspronkelijk bericht-Van: Frans van Egmond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Verzonden: maandag 10 maart 2003 20:48Aan: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.noOnderwerp: Re: Preferred

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Gavin Smith
David Ledbury wrote: ZDE16 - kept up with my typing at about 90 WPM (ok - this was a few years ago - i'm a tad faster these days) - this managed to cope with the 50K-ish Entropy newsletter :) Cool - is this freely available anywhere? Gavin

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Dan . Doore
ZDE16 - kept up with my typing at about 90 WPM Cool - is this freely available anywhere? When David mentioned it I knew it rung a bell - it's a CPM based editor that I used a few times when playing with ProDos. Check out http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~jacobn/cpm/cpmfiles.html - there's

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Gavin Smith
Dan Dooré wrote: ZDE16 - kept up with my typing at about 90 WPM Cool - is this freely available anywhere? When David mentioned it I knew it rung a bell - it's a CPM based editor that I used a few times when playing with ProDos. Oh! :( Sheesh, I can't believe we haven't a decent

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Ian Collier
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:48:11AM +, Gavin Smith wrote: Dan Dooré wrote: ZDE16 - kept up with my typing at about 90 WPM Cool - is this freely available anywhere? When David mentioned it I knew it rung a bell - it's a CPM based editor that I used a few times when playing with

RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Geoff Winkless
Gavin Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh! :( Sheesh, I can't believe we haven't a decent little SAM text editor! There must be something... Cookie, did you ever finish yours off? Geoff This email has been

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Wolfgang Haller
Hideho Gavin. Don´t fall in tears! Have a look at Fred issue 8, there is a Notepad by Dan Brice. A better Notepad by Calvin Allett can be found on Fred 36. A so called painful rudymentary wordprocessor is on Fred 5, called Processor and comes from McDonald/McConell. So have a try. Wolfgang

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Tobermory
I remember these being painfully slow, both of them. I 'only' type at 45-50 wpm and they both missed loads of letter out. Wolfgang Haller said: Hideho Gavin. Don´t fall in tears! Have a look at Fred issue 8, there is a Notepad by Dan Brice. A better Notepad by Calvin Allett can be found on

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Wolfgang Haller
Hmmm... I never used them, I prefer PCW DTP Program (Spectrum via SAM). I am not sure, but is poking the Keyboard repeat vars a solution to become faster? Wo Tobermory schrieb: I remember these being painfully slow, both of them. I 'only' type at 45-50 wpm and they both missed loads of

RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-11 Thread Dave Laundon
Gavin Smith wrote: Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Is there one out there? Will it keep up with my typing? (120wpm...) Gavin May I humbly suggest ProType from Fred 60? It's crap in some (most) ways, but I'm

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Gaz Wilson
Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Hey... vi *is* nice to use -- _ _ _a' /( . # Gaz Wilson, aka DragonLord /_/ _ _/ / ` / _ ~~ _}\ \( _ ) # E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ /_'/_/ /_,

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Gavin Smith
Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Hey... vi *is* nice to use No no no! Let's not go there! (Pico is better...) DON'T GO THERE I SAID! ;)

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Gaz Wilson
Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) Hey... vi *is* nice to use No no no! Let's not go there! (Pico is better...) DON'T GO THERE I SAID! ;) I agree - let's not go there (pile o' poo that pico is) - I'll

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Dan . Doore
Simple question - I need a decent plain text editor on the SAM. Lean and neat, but nice to use (i.e. not vi ;) I used to use either Driver Notepad or PCG wordmaster (Speccy port) for my text needs, although looking back neither were ideal but at least they had the ability to insert text whilst

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Gavin Smith
I used to use either Driver Notepad or PCG wordmaster (Speccy port) for my text needs, although looking back neither were ideal but at least they had the ability to insert text whilst typing... Driver Notepad was nice but slowed down horribly after a while. I rather liked Driver, I wish more

RE: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Versteeg, Benjamin
If I could get a Sam :) -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Gavin Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: maandag 10 maart 2003 14:46 Aan: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Onderwerp: Re: Preferred plain text editor I used to use either Driver Notepad or PCG wordmaster (Speccy port) for my text

Re: Preferred plain text editor

2003-03-10 Thread Frans van Egmond
maart 2003 14:46 Aan: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Onderwerp: Re: Preferred plain text editor I used to use either Driver Notepad or PCG wordmaster (Speccy port) for my text needs, although looking back neither were ideal but at least they had the ability to insert text whilst typing