EDIT.EXE - a new version for MS-DOS???
EST...@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the help,
about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is dated
10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came with DOS6.2
first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only 493 bytes.
Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994 by microsoft as wel
Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? thanks.charles
Joe Morris
There's obviously no way I can be absolutely certain, but I strongly
suspect that the copy you found was pirated from a WIN95 distribution.
I checked WIN95 build 224 (the oldest build I have immediately available)
and its EDIT.COM shows version 0.9.20, and is dated 10/28/94.
You might want to pass this to the sysop of the BBS.
Before everyone rushes to the BBS you used to download it, the massive
increase in the size is caused by the absence of QBASIC (which is used
by the DOS EDIT command as a backend).
Joe Morris / MITRE
Akopov Mikhail
ESTUD>I recently came across a file called DOSEDIT9.ZIP on a local bbs. It
ESTUD>claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the help,
ESTUD>about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is dated
ESTUD>10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came with DOS6.2
ESTUD>first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only 493 bytes.
ESTUD> Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994 by microsoft as wel
ESTUD>Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? thanks.charles
Edit.com in MSDOS is a dummy. It only calls qbasic with the
appropriate parameter 'run as an editor'.
That's why it is so small.
Vale! -Michael Akopov
P.S. Sorry for possible errors, English is my second language.
Juha Paulavuo
EST...@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU wrote
ES> I recently came across a file called DOSEDIT9.ZIP on a local bbs. It
ES> claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the
ES> help, about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is
ES> dated 10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came with
ES> DOS6.2 first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only 493
ES> bytes. Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994 by
ES> microsoft as wel Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on?
The version which comes with DOS6.2 needs qbasic to run and if I remember right
the size of qbasic is about 250-300 kB's. The new edit runs without qbasic, so
you can save diskspace.
Mark Bower
Juha Paulavuo <juha.p...@mfc.fipnet.fi> wrote:
> From: Juha.P...@mfc.fipnet.fi
>
> EST...@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU wrote
>
>
I like the way this new edit version works but I have'nt found a way to
insert escape characters. Control P followed by hitting the ESC key
worked on the edit.com version. But there doesn't seem to be a way of doing
this in edit.exe
>
Vivien Milat
Right,
Right, but you don't need EDIT.COM. The real MS-DOS editor is hidden as
QBASIC /EDITOR [Other options possible]. EDIT.COM could even be replaced
with a batch file: try this:
qbasic /editor %1%
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Hope it helps,
Vivien
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Istvan Csiszar
20 Feb 95 Juha Paulavuo waking up from a favourite dream at the keyboard, said
this to all:
JP> From: Juha.P...@mfc.fipnet.fi
JP> EST...@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU wrote
ES>> I recently came across a file called DOSEDIT9.ZIP on a local bbs. It
ES>> claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the
ES>> help, about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is
ES>> dated 10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came
ES>> with DOS6.2 first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only
ES>> 493 bytes. Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994
ES>> by microsoft as wel Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on?
JP> The version which comes with DOS6.2 needs qbasic to run and if I remember
JP> right the size of qbasic is about 250-300 kB's. The new edit runs without
JP> qbasic, so you can save diskspace.
This is right. Although if you want to use the online help qbasic is still
needed as I've found out to my dismay. I deleted it when I've got the new
edit.exe, but when I tried to use the online help next time I got an error
message about the missing qbasic.exe. But at leas you can save the space of
the qbasic help file.
The new edit.exe is fantastic though.
Adios, Istvan
Istvan Csiszar
12 Feb 95 Bruce Hutchinson waking up from a favourite dream at the keyboard,
said this to All:
BH> From: bhu...@cris.com (Bruce Hutchinson)
BH> Organization: Concentric Research
BH> EST...@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU says:
>>
>> I recently came across a file called DOSEDIT9.ZIP on a local bbs. It
>> claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the help,
>> about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is dated
>> 10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came with DOS6.2
>> first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only 493 bytes.
>> Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994 by microsoft as wel
>> Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? thanks.charles
BH> Can't say for certain what is going on, but SOUNDS like someone hase taken
BH> the EDIT.COM source code- which is a Quick-BASIC app- and issued a
BH> compliled version that will run without the QBASIC.EXE file.
Whoever did it has done a nice job and did us all a favour. It does have
a Microsoft copyright notice in the About box though.
Adios, Istvan
David Pickles
|> The version which comes with DOS6.2 needs qbasic to run and if I remember right
|> the size of qbasic is about 250-300 kB's. The new edit runs without qbasic, so
|> you can save diskspace.
Ah yes, but the DOS6 on-line help system also needs qbasic to run, as I
found out to my cost after I deleted qbasic!
David
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robert jones
says...
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[..]
> BH> From: bhu...@cris.com (Bruce Hutchinson)
> BH> Organization: Concentric Research
>
> BH> EST...@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU says:
> >>
> >> I recently came across a file called DOSEDIT9.ZIP on a local bbs. It
> >> claimed to be a new version of ms-dos EDIT. when i tried it, the
help,
> >> about box proclamined it to be version 0.9.019. EDIT.EXE is dated
> >> 10-17-94 12:00a 69,662 bytes. The version of edit that came with
DOS6.2
> >> first of all is EDIT.COM and is dated 3/10/93 and is only 493 bytes.
> >> Also, the new edition I found is copywrited 1994 by microsoft as wel
> >> Does anyone have a clue as to what's going on? thanks.charles
Can someone pls. repost the location (on the 'net if poss.) of this file
or mail its location to me ?
TIA,
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