Re: Simple Text Editor

Mike & Jammie Shaw (shaw89@sprintmail.com)
Sun, 16 Feb 1997 18:14:47 -0500

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> Subject: Simple Text Editor
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> Hi all. I just bought a Used AST Zoomer, and IZL 2.0. Whee!
>
> I need a simple text editor to use with it now. the IZL docs
> talk about a built in editor (referenced by the name "TeEd")
> however it seems as though i do not have this. I think i've
> got it on my gridpad at home, but i dont know what configuration
> files i need to copy to get it working on my zoomer.
>
> I picked up a Text Editor off the net, It was written by
> Nathan Feidler (Blue Marsh Softworks). It seems to work okay,
> but it has a couple problems... On my zoomer, sometimes, with the
> serif font, the first character of the line is not there. SOmetimes the
> first character of the line ends up on the bottom half of the screen
>
> If anyone out there could tell me which files are needed to get
> the "built-in" text editor running, or can point me to a
> text editor with fewer features than the Blue Marsh (read: smaller
> size) that would be spiffy!
>

The only "text editor" that the Zoomer came with was the one in AOL to
write email. The only other text editors available are the one that
comes with GWE or NDO or Nathan's. I have used both and there are
advantages to Nathan's. Not sure about the latest version with NDO . .
. I haven't loaded it up yet.

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Mike Shaw
shaw89@sprintmail.com