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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: mingle on November 28, 2008, 04:15:08 AM
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Hi,
I'm trying to find a replacement for the (next to useless!) "Ed" command that comes with WB3.1...
I don't want a massive bells-and-whistles editor, just something simple that supports full-screen editing - maybe with find/replace and 'standard' windows-like CTRL-C/X/V
One look at the available files on Aminet and I'm at a loss of which to choose, so any opinions would be welcome!
Cheers,
Mike.
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GoldED
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CygnusEd
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GoldEd and CED are all pretty heavy duty text editors. I use Jano Editor from aminet.
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AmisED (http://aminet.net/package/text/edit/AmisED)
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microGoldED :-D
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Nowadays I use OS4's own NotePad as my texteditor, on my A1200 with OS 3.0 I used (and liked) BlacksEditor, it was shareware at the time but it's now freeware:
http://aminet.net/search?query=blackseditor
Varthall
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BlacksEditor is the best.
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I second CygnusEd as probably the best Amiga text editor of all time :-D
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use edit instead of ed :-D
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@JJ, LOL.
@mingle, Ed is actually a very capable editor, but I also find it a bit clunky for regular use. However, have you tried renaming S:Ed-startup to something else, say Ed-startup.orig, and running Ed again to see the menus? It's a lot more usable that way.
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I noticed that emacs was available on one of the disks that comes wit the OS. I know almost nothing about emacs. But the menus made it a very serviceable editor to use in a pinch.
I was delighted to see that vim had been ported to the amiga. Although I haven't tried it yet.
VI: Simultaneously the best and worst editor ever invented.
brian
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@mingle
When I was still using my A2000HD, I used a nice little program called Write from the Amiga Appetizer package by Gold Disk. It was a fast and easy to use word processor program.
I used Ed for writing scripts and ARexx programs and Final Writer for heavy duty word processing.
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redfox
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Tension wrote:
GoldED
The original and best, accept no substitute.
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Well guys, many thanks for the suggestions...
I've tried out most of the ones you listed.
And the winner is......
JanoEditor!!!
@stefcp2, I owe you a beer! :-)
It seems to be the quickest to load, uses minimal RAM and has a great set of features, without being too overblown...
Highly recommended!
... now I can finally get down to giving my User-startup a good thrashing! :-)
Cheers,
Mike.
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Janoeditor is nice but I get a lot of enforcer hits from it which gives me the willies and I don't like to use it anymore.
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Just downloaded JanoEditor and have to say I am very impressed, nice and lightweight with the main features that you need, notably cut copy and paste.
Job done!
Spud 8)
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By far the best editor is TurboText 2 which you can download for free.
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A really lightweight one is Redit.
Version has even more features but still runs on WB1.2, if needed.
http://aminet.net/package/text/edit/Redit
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I'm trying to find a replacement for the (next to useless!) "Ed" command that comes with WB3.1...
The best replacement for that would be the WB 3.1.4 C:Ed :)
As for useless... no it is not useless, it is tiny and powerful once you get to know how to use it.