Best KS 1.3 compatible text editor ?

[arkpandora]

Hello,

Could somebody recommend to me a free or shareware Kickstart 1.3 compatible and user-friendly text editor ?  I really need something between the heavy original Notepad and all the editors that require KS 2.0.

Thanks for any advice !

[dovegrace]

MicroEmacs? :-P

I don't know about free software per se, but you can probably track down Textcraft Plus rather inexpensively.  I bought it back in '88 (or so) and still use it occasionally to this day.

[Amiduffer]

Take a look at sites that list all the old fish disks, since a lot of the programs are for WB2 or older.

If you can locate a copy of LPDwriter, that will satisfy your needs. I have one, but I don't know about mailing it all the way to Europe.

[SamuraiCrow]

The Dice C editor is called DME (for Dillan's Micro Emacs) it works on Kickstart 1.3 but requires arp.library (AmigaDOS Replacement Project).

[arkpandora]

Thanks for your help.

MicroEmacs?

Well, maybe when all my Amiga mouses have passed away...

you can probably track down Textcraft Plus rather inexpensively

I would prefer something lighter than a true word processor, but failing that I will use a word processor.  Talking of which, it seems to me that there are some new copies of Texcraft inside an Amiga lot I bought recently...

If you can locate a copy of LPDwriter, that will satisfy your needs.

I saw your post on another topic about word processors.

The Dice C editor is called DME (for Dillan's Micro Emacs) it works on Kickstart 1.3

This may be my solution.

Thank you again !

[arkpandora]

It appears that DME is not menu-driven, so it is not user-friendly enough to me.  However I have just found "TxEd Plus" (by MicroSmiths, 1988), which is both light and menu-driven, quite convenient for me.

[analogkid]

maybe you can get hold on some copy of CygnusEd V3.5, one of the best for Kick 1.3 (and above).

[Tenacious]

I think I remember XDME being menu driven and very customizable.  Editor of choice for a long time.

[arkpandora]

I haven't found any old enough version of CygnusED yet.  I have just tested XDME, but although installed following the docs, it gives an error message ("Can't open version 0 of utility.library" - which is not in the package) then triggers a software failure.  So I will stick to TxEd at the moment !

[zipper]

What about v1.0 in Aminet, '87 vintage? (just a demo yet)

[arkpandora]

Thanks, you are right : I missed that demo, which works well and is pretty convincing !

[Matt_H]

I like AZ. Should be on Aminet.

[arkpandora]

Matt_H wrote:
I like AZ. Should be on Aminet.

It is on Aminet : http://aminet.net/text/edit/AZ154.lzh.  I have just tried it on WinUAE, but whether I run it from the CLI or the WB, nothing happens...

[arkpandora]

In my search of a KS 1.3 compatible user-friendly text editor, I have also found "Article Editor" in the "Professional Page 3" package, which has advantages over CygnusEd and TxEd.

[Kronos]

"utility.library" suggest it ain't KS1.3 compatible at all.

Try "AmokED" a (X)DME reinplementation in Oberon.Or  UEdit Atleast older version ran just fine on my bare 1.3 Amiga500.