68K Professional Text Editor

[trekiej]

It was mentioned that the subject contained 68K apps. I thought I would throw OS4 into it while I was at it.

[ChaosLord]

Based on my own personal experience:

Writing a book or serious letters:
1. Final Writer 97 (better Thesaurus)
2. Wordsworth AGA (better user interface)
3. LaTeX (You neeed to be dead serious with this one)
4. PageStream (Light, ez, fluffy)  I couldn't live without it.


Writing Code:
GoldEd / Cubic IDE  (It supports folding and unfolding & syntax hilighting so it blows away Cygus ED.

Cygnus ED.   I still use this because it is what I learned on.   Bad habits are hard to get rid of ((((((((((



Other's I would love to try beuase I keep heaaring goood things about them:
FrexxEd
TurboText
Black's Editor
Annotate
Idea Processor


Can anyone recommend me a code editor that works in full screen mode AND supports folding / unfolding) AND supports syntax hlighting/unhililithing?   Preferably with example screenshots?

[Thorham]

Can anyone recommend me a code editor that works in full screen mode AND supports folding / unfolding) AND supports syntax hlighting/unhililithing?   Preferably with example screenshots?

FrexxEd.





Extremely powerful editor because of the script system (interpreted C). I use a highly customized setup (out of the box config sucks). Great editor for people who like to have control of everything. The syntax coloring isn't perfect, though, and it definitely requires an accelerator.

[trekiej]

What if I wanted to connect my writing to an outline that I have written.

I write an outline first to get my thoughts together and then I write each section.
How can I put a note in my story that would not get printed that points to its corresponding section?
I guess I could do it in reverse and put page numbers in my outline.
They would need to be updated.

[ChaosLord]

FrexxEd.





Extremely powerful editor because of the script system (interpreted C). I use a highly customized setup (out of the box config sucks). Great editor for people who like to have control of everything. The syntax coloring isn't perfect, though, and it definitely requires an accelerator.

I have only used 50Mhz 060+ for many years.   Izzat fast enuf 4 u?


"I prefer a w;;l"
w;;l?=???

GoldEd and CubicIde are only good if you can bare the "editing model." I personally hate them with a passion.

 what is the definitiion of "editing model"?

[Thorham]

I have only used 50Mhz 060+ for many years.   Izzat fast enuf 4 u?

That should be more than enough.

"I prefer a w;;l"
w;;l?=???

:confused:

what is the definitiion of "editing model"?

The way the editor behaves. There are editors like Notepad++ on the peecee. Many Amiga text editors behave in the same way (FrexxEd, CygnusEd, and a whole bunch more). Then there are the Emacs variants, and finally GoldEd which is just, I don't know, backwards.

[dovegrace]

What if I wanted to connect my writing to an outline that I have written.

I write an outline first to get my thoughts together and then I write each section.
How can I put a note in my story that would not get printed that points to its corresponding section?
I guess I could do it in reverse and put page numbers in my outline.
They would need to be updated.

Have you tried using Flow for Amiga?

[trekiej]

Sorry, I have not. Thanks, I will check that out.
edit:
 New Horizons Software, Inc. Bankrupt.
Where do I get their software?

[trekiej]

I want to find out what works good with Amiga Forever 2016 and RTG.

[Thorham]

Where do I get their software?

Have you tried the EAB file server?

http://grandis.nu:81/

[nyteschayde]

What are the best text editors for Amiga 68K?
Thanks.

If your are a vim fan, you may like Z. It was written by John Goodnow II and released with Manx software. The app is no longer supported but works on probably all classic systems.

I managed to track down the documentation for it, and assembled it into a clean archive and put it up on aminet.

Get Z here

[trekiej]

Thanks to both of you, Nyteschayde and Thorham.
I will continue to research this, aka stuck.

[trekiej]

Great

[xenic]

What are the best text editors for Amiga 68K?
Thanks.

http://www.monkeyhouse.eclipse.co.uk/amiga/turbotext/

[trekiej]

thanks