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What is the best editor for programmer under CP/M ?

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jbemond

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May 19, 2012, 10:28:01 AM5/19/12
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A simple question : For you what is the best programmer editor under CP/M ?

Currently, I use the editor of Turbo Pascal 3, but it is not very user
friendly and practical with all these commands at the keyboard

there is not an editor with menus ?

regards,

JB

Bill Leary

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May 19, 2012, 12:16:25 PM5/19/12
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"jbemond" wrote in message news:4fb7adf1$0$14000$426a...@news.free.fr...
I used to use New Word in text mode. I also had a CP/M version of vi that I
used when I was using vi at work.
- Bill

j...@thebattles.net

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May 19, 2012, 1:46:19 PM5/19/12
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On Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:16:25 AM UTC-5, Bill Leary wrote:
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> I used to use New Word in text mode. I also had a CP/M version of vi that I
> used when I was using vi at work.
> - Bill

Bill, please tell more about this program. I'd like to hear if there is a copy still floating around. Was it tied to a particular terminal type or could it be configured for different types of displays? Did it require a system with a hard disk, or was it usable with floppies, and if so, did it allow editing files larger than memory or did it all have to be resident? How much of vi did it implement?

Thanks

jbemond

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May 19, 2012, 2:07:41 PM5/19/12
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Le 19/05/12 18:16, Bill Leary a �crit :
Yes thank you to say more ...

Or find these two programs?

At the moment, I just looked through google and there is nothing to
download in the web

JB

jbemond

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May 19, 2012, 2:15:47 PM5/19/12
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Le 19/05/12 20:07, jbemond a écrit :
> Le 19/05/12 18:16, Bill Leary a écrit :
I found NewWord here :
http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/text/text.htm

but it is for CP/M-86... I look for CP/M-80 compatible software ;)
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Roger Ivie

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May 19, 2012, 3:33:02 PM5/19/12
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On 2012-05-19, jbemond <jbemond@> wrote:
> I found NewWord here :
> http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/text/text.htm
>
> but it is for CP/M-86... I look for CP/M-80 compatible software ;)

New Word became WordStar 4.
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Steven Hirsch

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May 19, 2012, 4:33:36 PM5/19/12
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On 05/19/2012 10:28 AM, jbemond wrote:
> A simple question : For you what is the best programmer editor under CP/M ?
>
> Currently, I use the editor of Turbo Pascal 3, but it is not very user
> friendly and practical with all these commands at the keyboard

I use WS4 in text mode.

> there is not an editor with menus ?

WordStar has menus.


John Crane

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May 20, 2012, 9:18:00 AM5/20/12
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JB,

I used VEDIT and VDO. They are lightweight and keep the menus off
screen until you ask for them. I think both can be found on the Walnut
Creek CD.

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rfka01

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May 20, 2012, 12:44:19 PM5/20/12
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In article <4fb7adf1$0$14000$426a...@news.free.fr>, jbemond@.free.fr
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I'm still trying to find an editor for CP/M that uses the WordPerfect
function key assignments and general screen layout.

Robert

Roberto Waltman

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May 20, 2012, 7:32:32 PM5/20/12
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jbemond wrote:
>A simple question : For you what is the best programmer editor under CP/M ?
>
>Currently, I use the editor of Turbo Pascal 3, but it is not very user
>friendly and practical with all these commands at the keyboard

I can't claim it is "the best", but one I used and liked was
WordMaster. Both WordMaster and the TP3 built-in adopted the commands
and key-maps of WordStar.

>there is not an editor with menus ?
Most CP/M editors had a very small number of commands compared to
modern behemoths, so menus would be much less helpful.

WordStar had menus, but it was a "word processor" as opposed to
"editor"

If you are developing in/for TP3, I believe the overhead of switching
back and forth between TP3 and a "better" editor in a single task
system such as CP/M, will cancel out any advantages provided by that
editor.

You can find more info here:
http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CPMEditorFamily

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Roberto Waltman

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May 20, 2012, 7:35:26 PM5/20/12
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rfka01 wrote:
>I'm still trying to find an editor for CP/M that uses the WordPerfect
>function key assignments and general screen layout.

Check WordMaster.

xpzzzz

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May 21, 2012, 8:32:00 PM5/21/12
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On Sat, 19 May 2012 16:28:01 +0200, jbemond wrote:

> A simple question : For you what is the best programmer editor under
> CP/M ?
>

VDE is the best editor for CP/M. The only thing it will not do is edit
very large files; as I recall it does do some compression so you can do a
file larger than TPA-VDE.

questar

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May 31, 2012, 8:17:01 PM5/31/12
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I use the Turbo Pascal v3 editor. It does not have help screens but
you can redefine the keys to any pattern you are comfortable with,
vice having to use the default WordStar key layout.

I also use the Mix C program editor. I find this the best program
editor. It allows you to have 2 files opened at any time, you can
have the 24 line x 80 column screen split horizontally or vertically
where ever you want when your editing 2 files, it can disply help
screens, as well as many other options.

Dan Wallace
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