From: Yamaha / XYZZ <scriven AT CS DOT ColoState DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: MS Edit
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:15:10 -0700
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God wrote:    [nice name...]
> > >> Why I don't like Edit:
> > >> * Only one file open at a time.
> I have about 3 files open. *.c files, *h files, docs, etc.
> Can't remember the last time i wrote a 1-file proggy.
> What gets my goat is the startup with *.txt.
> It should start up with *.* forgawssakes.

Have you used the version of Edit that comes with Win95?  I don't
personally like edit much, but the newest version is a LOT better than
the version you described.

At least now you can edit up to 9 files at once, and it defaults to *.*
in the file selector.

> I cannot fathom why *anybody* with access to e.g Rhide would even want
> to use
> MS-Edit for anything except character-building.

The only things that bug me about RHIDE are that the keypad enter key is
ignored, the center key produces a high-ascii character, shift-insert
won't paste multiple times by pressing it repeatedly, the auto-indention
is exactly the style I don't like to use, and the file selector refuses
to list "makefile" even when I use the mask "*".  Sometimes these few
small nuances are enough to make me switch back to Edit for a while.

Otherwise, RHIDE is very nice... :)


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