Text Editor

[TGB1718]

Can anyone suggest a simple test editor to use, I know ED.COM is available using SpartaDOS X, but I am using SpartaDOS 3.2F

as the programs I am writing won't run properly under SPDX so ED is not available.

 

Just want to use it to make/edit some batch files

[Mathy]

Hello TGB1718

 

Not sure if it'll work with SD(X), but I'd recommend T:Edit from ANALOG Computing.

 

Sincerely

 

Mathy

[+Roydea6]

EDIT.XEX and EDIT9.XEX

should be MyDos and SpartaDos 3.x friendly. The first is version 2.5 and the second is version 2.9

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2020 by Roydea6
To add another version of same program.

[TGB1718]

thanks guys

[+Nezgar]

Good ol TextPro is what I used to use back in the day to edit my BBS menus and batch files, and it runs under SpartaDOS 3.2.

https://atari.fox-1.nl/atari-400-800-xl-xe/400-800-xl-xe-tools/textpro-4-0x/

 

Little heaver weight than the previously suggested options.

[576XE]

Hello, TGB1718-

Here in attachment is Sparta Editor (I rename it as SED)

It's useful and convenient too.

Take a look, please SED.XEX

 

Best wishes from Moscow

zen

[TGB1718]

@576XE thanks, not seen that one before, looks interesting

Edited January 22, 2020 by TGB1718
spelling

[baktra]

EDIT13.COM from FLOP#48, side A - http://flop.atariportal.cz/archives/Flop_48.zip. Simple, efficient, by Raster.

 

Control+
Q Quit 
L Load 
S Save 
I Insert/Overwrite toggle
P Paper/Text Color toggle
O Non-printable characters toggle
Y Delete line
A Home
Z End
W Next Word
U Page Up
D Page Down
T Top of the document
B Bottom of the document
C Copy - Copy to clipboard. Position cursor the the beginning of a block. Press CTRL+C. Then position cursor to the end of a block. Press CTRL+C again. Max block size is 4 KB
V - Paste from clipboard to the cursor position.

Edited January 22, 2020 by baktra

[576XE]

SED belongs to RIF SpartaDOS Utilities.

You may find some very interesting tools there...

zen

[576XE]

Hello, baktra.

Edit13 is very suitable editor. Is it possible to eliminate CR symbol?

The dots evidently shows us the end of line, isn't it?

zen

[baktra]

19 hours ago, 576XE said:

Hello, baktra.

Edit13 is very suitable editor. Is it possible to eliminate CR symbol?

The dots evidently shows us the end of line, isn't it?

zen

Press CTRL+O twice :-). It toggles displaying non-printable characters. It cycles in three modes. Nothing, dots+crlf, dots only

The dots just show unused space (and also can serve as a primitive ruler)

The CR shows end of a paragraph

 

[Marius]

I have very fond memories of panther. This was a great tool, and also supported Atascii graphics IIRC.

 

http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=1. Biuro&tg=Panther#Panther

 

It was also compatible with SpartaDos disk version. 

[576XE]

Hello baktra

I tried EDIT13 and it's very clear looking and the text is very readable!!!

 

Here <msg     .by...> stanza has some digits - it's ASC("...") of MAE controls...

 

And the result...

 

Hello, Marius

Is it possible to use all ATASCII Pseudographics in PANTHER and how?

Sometimes it's very big problem in programming because some of the symbols are used by editor as control symbols.

zen

[Faicuai]

On 2/20/2020 at 5:19 AM, Marius said:

I have very fond memories of panther. This was a great tool, and also supported Atascii graphics IIRC.

 

http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=1. Biuro&tg=Panther#Panther

 

It was also compatible with SpartaDos disk version. 

Very nice.

 

Overall, gram-by-gram, seems the best of the bunch (reminds me of MS-DOS editing tools). 

 

Very easy to use, no need to invoke a help menu (as it uses a GUI-like drop-down visual representation), supports multiple column-width formats, customizable screen colors and text brightness, and works very well with SDX

 

Way to go!

[flashjazzcat]

On 1/22/2020 at 11:04 AM, baktra said:

EDIT13.COM from FLOP#48, side A - http://flop.atariportal.cz/archives/Flop_48.zip. Simple, efficient, by Raster.

Can't get this to run at all from the SDX command line prompt.

On 2/20/2020 at 10:19 AM, Marius said:

I have very fond memories of panther. This was a great tool, and also supported Atascii graphics IIRC.

 

http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=1. Biuro&tg=Panther#Panther

Nice: I quite like this one. The 'DIR' function could use some means of traversing the Sparta directory tree.

Edited March 16, 2020 by flashjazzcat

[drac030]

52 minutes ago, flashjazzcat said:

Can't get this to run at all from the SDX command line prompt

Because this is a DOS 2.0 disk marked in the VTOC as MyDOS disk. Edit the sector $168, change the first byte from $03 to $02, save the changes - and voila, it will now be readable.

[flashjazzcat]

12 minutes ago, drac030 said:

Because this is a DOS 2.0 disk marked in the VTOC as MyDOS disk. Edit the sector $168, change the first byte from $03 to $02, save the changes - and voila, it will now be readable.

Aha... thanks so much!

 

[baktra]

49 minutes ago, drac030 said:

Because this is a DOS 2.0 disk marked in the VTOC as MyDOS disk. Edit the sector $168, change the first byte from $03 to $02, save the changes - and voila, it will now be readable.

It is in fact DOS II+ disk, that's why the difference in the file system organization.