Re: IDE/Text Editor for DOS?

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:53:36 -0700, Harry Potter wrote:

Can anybody point me to a good DOS-based IDE/text editor? I need the
following features:

* macros
* a DOS shell
* multiple windows
* free/inexpensive
* the ability to edit large files
* split-screen
* use of tabs without converting to spaces * small file size (i.e.
<1.5MB uncompressed) * lots of settings to play with :)

Any help would be appreciated!

Get real! That may not exist at any price to run on DOS. The only way it
could exist and *maybe* fit in 1.5 MB is if someone hand crafted it in
assembly (there used to be a word processor that was popular with
programmers that was, in fact, hand crafted in assembly, but I never heard
of an IDE that was, or one with all that Windows functonality).

The most reasonable approach is to do the development work in Open Watcom
under Windows and compile to DOS, then test in DOS. A network would help
with files. Or, since there is an Open Watcom command line compiler for
DOS, edit the files in a good Windows programmer's editor (of which there
are several free ones with various features), and compile, run, and debug
at the DOS command line.

--
T.E.D. (tdavis@xxxxxxx)




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