Post by thread:A _FREE_ syntax-highlighting editor

I read the thread on multiedit, and yet did not know why anyone would really pay $125 for a text editor. Take a look at FTE, which is free, and will let you create a pic'ified config setup, giving syntax highlighting for C, Java, etc, etc... It really is neat, but you need make or something to compile, and it doesn't work terrbly under '95, but it works great under linux, os/2, dos, and NT. I'll have a config on the web in a few days, just as soon as I am pleased with it. -- Matthias Granberry spam_OUTGonffTakeThisOuTwindmillbbs.com Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". -- "Attention Deficit Disorder"

I have paid a lot more for editors in my life. Right now I am using a free on PFE (programmers file editor). If you are serious about programming you will spend a lot of time using an editor. PFE is not everything I want but it come close. If it had a spell checker it would do for most everything I want and editor to do. I will look at FTE. Speed beats caffeine by a mile as a normalizing agent. Gordon Gordon Couger .....gcougerKILLspam@spam@rfdata.net 624 Cheyenne Stillwater, OK 74075 405 624-2855 GMT -6:00 {Original Message removed}

Matthias Granberry wrote: > I read the thread on multiedit, and yet did not know why anyone would > really > pay $125 for a text editor. Take a look at FTE, which is free, and > will let > you create a pic'ified config setup, giving syntax highlighting for C, > Java, > etc, etc... It really is neat, but you need make or something to > compile, > and it doesn't work terrbly under '95, but it works great under linux, > os/2, > dos, and NT. I'll have a config on the web in a few days, just as > soon as > I am pleased with it. > -- > Matthias Granberry > GonffKILLspamwindmillbbs.com > Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". > -- "Attention Deficit Disorder" Can you please share to everyone, where this software could be downloaded from. I am sure I am not the only one, who wish to get this program. Thank You! Alvin Tan .....Alvin_TanKILLspam.....bc.sympatico.ca WebPage: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TanFamily

Matthias Granberry wrote: > > I read the thread on multiedit, and yet did not know why anyone would really > pay $125 for a text editor. Take a look at FTE, which is free, and will let > you create a pic'ified config setup, giving syntax highlighting for C, Java, > etc, etc... It really is neat, but you need make or something to compile, > and it doesn't work terrbly under '95, but it works great under linux, os/2, > dos, and NT. I'll have a config on the web in a few days, just as soon as > I am pleased with it. > -- > Matthias Granberry > EraseMEGonffspam_OUTTakeThisOuTwindmillbbs.com > Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". > -- "Attention Deficit Disorder" Does it run on win3.11 also ? regards, Graham Daniel

Alvin Tan <Alvin_Tanspam_OUTBC.SYMPATICO.CA> writes: > Can you please share to everyone, where this software could be > downloaded from. I am sure I am not the only one, who wish to get this > program. > > Thank You! > > > Alvin Tan > > @spam@Alvin_TanKILLspambc.sympatico.ca > WebPage: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TanFamily > Sorry, I have it right here. http://ixtas.fri.uni-lj.sl/~markom/fte/ -- Matthias Granberry KILLspamGonffKILLspamwindmillbbs.com Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". -- "Attention Deficit Disorder"

Hi, try to replace the country domain with '.si' instead of '.sl' Imre On Tue, 19 May 1998, Alvin Tan wrote: {Quote hidden}> Matthias Granberry wrote: > > > Sorry, I have it right here. http://ixtas.fri.uni-lj.sl/~markom/fte/ > > > > I tried that link, but couldn't get connected. Is that the right link? > > > Alvin Tan > > spamBeGoneAlvin_TanspamBeGonebc.sympatico.ca > WebPage: http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TanFamily > >

Bruce Cannon <TakeThisOuTPICLISTEraseMEspam_OUTMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > And is Multiedit really that much better than MPLAB, which doesn't > have to be set up, and is free? Bruce: EVERY editor is better than the one included with MPLAB. Personally, my favorite is CodeWright. -Andy === Andrew Warren - RemoveMEfastfwdTakeThisOuTix.netcom.com === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499 (personal) === http://www.netcom.com/~fastfwd (business)

Alvin Tan <Alvin_TanEraseME.....BC.SYMPATICO.CA> writes: > Matthias Granberry wrote: > > > Sorry, I have it right here. http://ixtas.fri.uni-lj.sl/~markom/fte/ > > > > I tried that link, but couldn't get connected. Is that the right link? > > > Alvin Tan > it should be .si; not my thread, is it? -- Matthias Granberry EraseMEGonffwindmillbbs.com Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". -- "Attention Deficit Disorder"

Well, as long as we're talking about editors, I'll recomend "EMACS" and the varients thereof. It used to be that the big advantage of emacs was that it was available for everything - Tops10, tops20, unix, VMS, CPM, MSDOS, HP150, MAC, and so on. No having "keyboard stutter" as you moved from system to system. Nowdays, evolution has done away with most of those systems, although I suppose it is still relatively rare to find an editor that runs on both unix and windows. The "grandpappy" GNU EMACS comes with billions of modes and special language support. It and most of the popular subset implementations are user-extensible using a lisp-like language. The things I find most useful (aside from the programmability) include keyboard macros and multi-file support in the form of "tags" (type a function name and pop over to the file and location of that function), and the automatic indentation/etc for language support... EMACS was like THE original freeware product. It and most of its clones are freeware, and most are available with full source code. BillW

Andrew Warren wrote: > > Bruce Cannon <RemoveMEPICLISTEraseMEEraseMEMITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote: > > > And is Multiedit really that much better than MPLAB, which doesn't > > have to be set up, and is free? > > Bruce: > > EVERY editor is better than the one included with MPLAB. Personally, > my favorite is CodeWright. I guess you haven't tried the free editors for low end SGS Thomson or Motorola micros.(much worse than MPLAB) > > -Andy > > === Andrew Warren - RemoveMEfastfwdspam_OUTKILLspamix.netcom.com > === Fast Forward Engineering - Vista, California > === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499 (personal) > === http://www.netcom.com/~fastfwd (business)

William Chops Westfield <RemoveMEbillwTakeThisOuTspamCISCO.COM> writes: {Quote hidden}> Well, as long as we're talking about editors, I'll recomend "EMACS" and > the varients thereof. It used to be that the big advantage of emacs was > that it was available for everything - Tops10, tops20, unix, VMS, CPM, > MSDOS, HP150, MAC, and so on. No having "keyboard stutter" as you moved > from system to system. Nowdays, evolution has done away with most of > those systems, although I suppose it is still relatively rare to find > an editor that runs on both unix and windows. The "grandpappy" GNU > EMACS comes with billions of modes and special language support. It and > most of the popular subset implementations are user-extensible using a > lisp-like language. > > The things I find most useful (aside from the programmability) include > keyboard macros and multi-file support in the form of "tags" (type a > function name and pop over to the file and location of that function), > and the automatic indentation/etc for language support... > > EMACS was like THE original freeware product. It and most of its clones > are freeware, and most are available with full source code. > > BillW > Well, your story is jaded, but.. FTE was one that I thought of because it was of a linux birth, and was what I used under os/2. I figured that it was probably alive in DOS and win32 forms, and guessed right. -- Matthias Granberry EraseMEGonffspamspamBeGonewindmillbbs.com Caffeine, nicotine, and execution all serve as "normalizing agents". -- "Attention Deficit Disorder"