BEST MSDOS C EDITOR?
david richard cook
drcook at hubcap.clemson.edu
Wed Sep 6 00:51:09 AEST 1989
>From article <21743 at cup.portal.com>, by cliffhanger at cup.portal.com (Cliff C Heyer):
> I'm about to start some C programming
> on MSDOS and was wondering what
> the best editor was to use.
>
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated!!
>
> Cliff
I have been using Epsilon from Lugaru Software for over 3
years and highly reccommend it. Some of the features I find
especially attractive are:
1. The ability to run your compiler concurrently inside the
editor thus allowing you to edit and compile at the same
time. Epsilon can parse the compiler's error messages and
pull the offending file into the editor and position the
cursor on the line of the error. To my knowledge, this is
the only editor available for MS-DOS that allows for an
inferior shell.
2. Epsilon is completely extensible. All of Epsilon's
functions are written in EEL (Epsilon Extension Language)
which is esentially C with a few ommissions and
extensions. All of the EEL source code and the EEL
compiler comes with the Epsilon package.
3. Supports a unlimited number of files and unlimited file
size.
4. Epsilon is the most faithful Emacs clone for the PC that I
am aware of. It supports the major modes: C-mode,
fundamental, dired, and others. If you are an Emacs
user you will feel right a home with Epsilon.
The main disadvantages to Epsilon are:
1. If you are new to Emacs, you will have to do a lot of
learning in order to realize the full power of this
editor.
2. Epsilon retails for $195.00, and is available for about
$160.00 from mailorder companies.
David R. Cook
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