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From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Decent text editor, was Re: n
Date: 27 Feb 1997 17:57:52 GMT
Organization: Oxford University
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Brian Osman (osmanb AT rpi DOT edu) wrote:
: George Foot wrote:
: > 
: > As I wrote, I think this doesn't work in Win95's version. I used to use
: > DOS 6.22's version (no, really, I did!), but when I upgraded to Win95,
: > being the gullible idiot I am, it no longer worked, and I resorted to
: > using Windows Notepad for makefiles. Until I discovered PFE :)
: > 
: > --
: > George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
: > Merton College, Oxford.

: Woohoo! I'm not the only one. When I finally found PFE and started using
: it, I fell in love right away. For price and features, it is the best
: editor I've ever seen. However, I'm starting to miss syntax
: highlighting.
: Does anyone out there have a favorite editor which is designed for
: DOS or Windows, with syntax highlighting along with all the other
: features
: of a good programmer's editor? Oh yeah, the tough part: It's gotta be
: free. Given that my current editor is freeware, I'm not likely to pay to
: make a lateral change...

I suggest you figure out emacs - it's hard going at first, but it is a
very powerful editor. Whatever you want it to do, it can do it. I no
longer write my programs in PFE because Windows screws with the timing
of my programs. At present I'm deciding between RHIDE (which has a
familiar interface) and emacs (which I can use in Linux too). I think
emacs is winning at the moment, though...

-- 
George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.

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