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I've added questions I get from folks but feel free to add your questions (and answers!)
- Is there a text editor that looks like EDIT on DOS but works on Linux or Mac/OS?
I recommend trying SetEdit. It is the closest I've found. -- RonPerrella
- Another option would be RHIDE, originally written for DJGPP, but subsequently ported to Linux. It and SetEdit are both console mode IDEs with features beyond a pure editor. They have a Borland Turbo-vision style interface and the WordStar command set, and are broadly similar in appearance and operation. RHIDE is part of the FreeDOS? distribution.
- Is there a text editor that looks like Notepad on Windows but works on Linux or Mac/OS?
Notepad is pretty simple to emulate. A large number of Linux programs can easily accomodate. I recommend trying GEdit if you
are running something like Ubuntu. Another option (oldie but goodie) is NEdit.
- Another alternative is Leafpad or Mousepad. Both are simple GtK based editors. Mousepad is based on Leafpad, and is the standard editor for the XFCE desktop environment.
- --DMcCunney
- Presently, editors are classified into overlapping familys using the following criteria:
- * platform
- * operating system
- * implementation language (i.e. source language)
- * content edited (i.e. target content specialty)
- * ancestor and
- * type.
- Have you thought about extending these criteria to allow more flexible searches and matches for particular features? Two possible ways of doing so are:
- 1. letting users add arbitrary (implicitly defined) tags, and
- 2. adding features from a reference list, each with an explicit definition e.g.
- * syntax highlighting
- * text folding
- * block (column) editing
- --YahyaAA
- Trying to set my Preferences?, I'm repeatedly stumped by the following response:
- Invalid UserID? 111, preferences not saved.
- (Preferences require cookies, but no cookie was sent.)
- Because, you see, I'm not blocking this site from setting cookies, nor does it appear to try to (using Firefox to force approval of each cookie request). And of course, I'm not entering the UserID? 111. Can anyone help me, please?
- --YahyaAA