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Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 14.05.2009, 01:53

> Guys ! Since I was able to add nice looking wide screen text modes
> (132,148,160 columns) on my poor SiS based board, I'm now looking for a
> good text editor (Buerg's "list" is OK but for viewing only; Microsoft's
> "edit" adapts to non standrad number of lines but crashes miserably on
> anything other than 40/80 chars wide !)
>
> Requirement : editor must adapt itself to any screen size it finds on
> entry (as described in the BIOS data area). Additional niceties : should
> be able to show 2 files side by side, allowing one or the other to be
> scrolled independently (a la Buerg's).
>
> Is there such a beast available (free being a very nice plus) - or would
> we (I) have to write one ?

Since CWS (cwsdpmi _AT_ earthlink _DOT_ net) is updating his "ED" ports for DOS (and XP, etc.) soon, and I was e-mailing him about something else anyways, I decided to ask him about it:

>> (CWS): it supports any text resolution currently in use, and can set
>> the mode automatically for 50x80, 43x80 and 132x50 if your video bios
>> supports the non-vesa mode my video card did in 1991 ...

And yes, it supports multiple files on the screen, including a dired-ish file manager among other goodies. It's basically a clone of EDT. The old standard DOS binary (DJGPPv1 w/ custom GO32 from 1994) is here:

http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/
http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/EDDOS157.exe (.LZH sfx)
http://clio.rice.edu/EDstuff/ED-157.zip (C srcs)

Complete thread:

• Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 29.04.2009, 13:28 (Users)
  • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - rr, 29.04.2009, 21:27
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 30.04.2009, 17:13
      • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - rr, 30.04.2009, 17:34
  • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - marcov, 05.05.2009, 09:00
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 05.05.2009, 11:03
      • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - DOS386, 05.05.2009, 14:07
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Laaca, 05.05.2009, 16:39
      • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 05.05.2009, 17:14
        • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 26.05.2009, 16:38
          • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - rr, 26.05.2009, 21:00
            • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Rugxulo, 26.05.2009, 21:34
              • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - rr, 26.05.2009, 21:46
                • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Rugxulo, 27.05.2009, 00:53
                  • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 27.05.2009, 22:30
          • CTRat - DOS386, 01.06.2009, 15:33
            • CTRat - Ninho, 04.06.2009, 20:09
              • CTRat - DOS386, 05.06.2009, 07:14
                • CTRat - Ninho, 06.06.2009, 17:52
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Rugxulo, 05.05.2009, 19:35
  • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - ho1459, 08.05.2009, 12:36
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Ninho, 08.05.2009, 20:30
      • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - RayeR, 09.05.2009, 21:28
        • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - ho1459, 15.05.2009, 13:42
          • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - RayeR, 16.05.2009, 04:15
            • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - ho1459, 16.05.2009, 14:55
    • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - flox, 12.05.2009, 08:58
      • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - ho1459, 15.05.2009, 13:43
  • Any DOS text editor for nonstandard screen widths ? - Rugxulo, 14.05.2009, 01:53