Subj : Re: list.com
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : mary4
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 09:26 am

 pF>  Qedit was my goto editor throughout the DOS days up until Windows 2000.
 pF>  W2K had an OS/2 subsystem and could run OS/2 console apps. Qedit for
 pF>  OS/2 dealt with long file names (if memory serves) and ran better than
 pF>  the DOS version in Windows.
 pF> 
qedit works on 16 bit dos?0
 pF>  The Semware editor released a free version a while ago, I'm using it
 pF>  now. It's a nice progression from Qedit.
 pF> 
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 pF>  After tolerating vi all these years, I'm trying to use it more. I have
 pF>  a blog on my tilde that I'm writing with vim, trying to recover muscle
 pF>  memory long gone from writing code under xenix. I'll still find myself
 pF>  hitting "ctrl-K X" to exit instead of ":wq".    :)
 pF> 
wwww vim 7 on  286

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

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