On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:00:14 +0600, Day Brown wrote:
Hi -
I'm pretty sure I've got one for you....
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> Dexter also provides fairly simple macro coding for the
> installation of standard HTML tags, <P>, <I>, <font color,
> et al. So far, I use a set of 10 macros.
...that has a macro language that's powerful and versatile enough that a
few masochists have even defind macros that compile programmer's source
to executable. (For fun tho; definitely not productive)
> What it does not do, which I have seen other text editors
> do, is open the document at the point where you last were
> editing. Does not allow you to select your own screensaver.
> Does not autosave; I live in a rural area with occassional
> outtages.
...doesn't hold your spot for you, but if you press ctrl-k,m it'll mark
it for you. I don't use this feature but there's a ctrl combination to
go to the mark when you open next time. Remove the mark with ctrl-k,u.
BTW, if you don't like WordStar ctrl-key combinations, there's a menu
available; you can set it up to stay there, or leave more screen open by
having it only pop down when you click top left or press ctrl-esc.
...you'd have to provide the screensaver. Load before starting, remove
on exit.
...autosave times are very adjustable. You can set it to create .baks on
file change or not.
> The block copy and move are disconcerting in that after
> you mark the end of the block, it seems to be deleted.
...nice means of block operations; you'll have to see it. I prefer the
keyboard, but you can mouse it via menu.
> The search mode is fast, global and replace ok, but it
> cannot search backwards; you havta go to the top of your
> document.
...great search options including backwards. Very, very fast, coded in
asm.
> Something I'd like to see again, was the Applewriter II
> use of the backspace key, which put letters in a LIFO,
> and then with a control right spit them back out again.
> In editing paragraphs, one often wishes to move just a
> word or few around within a few lines or so, and the tag
> block method is cumbersome
...until you mentioned this, I had no idea it did this, too. Thanks for
introducing me to a brand new toy! One difference is that it's ctrl-u
(undo) instead of ctrl-right. Another is that it also works with delete;
including word, line, to end of line, to beginning of line and block ;-)
> Does anyone know if Dexter, or any other dos text editor
> are still under development?
I'm talking about Eric Meyer's VDE and it's still actively developed.
Free for any use (except stuff like calling it your creation, stealing
the code, etc), but registration gives you the speller. If you've
registered it and there's an update, you get an email from the author
telling where the update can be downloaded. There's a whole sub-culture
built around this editor, and it's one piece of DOS software that
actually STILL has an expanding market. Registration is $35. Very well
worth it, but then you could always try the port of ispell, instead.
Besides support provided by the author, there a quite a few websites and
discussion groups devoted to using VDE.
You can find VDE on simtel, but you can d/l a nice later version (or a
much beloved smaller, earlier version) from a link at:
http://home.att.net/~short.stop/index.htm .
I recommend it to former WordStar users and from looking at what you
want I recommend it to you, too. Just so you know, I don't recommend it
to everyone. It's free to try out, tho.
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