[Coco] Preferred editor(s) under Nitros9

[Robert Gault]

Tony Cappellini wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:51:41 -0400
> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Preferred editor(s) under Nitros9
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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>> Does that mean you are now OK with using a .vhd drive with Vcc as asked
>>> about in a RAM disk thread?
> 
> Configuring the vhd and VCC was more of an issue than just using it.
> Using a vhd instead of a floppy should be mostly transparent, other than the
> speed and capacity.
> 
>>> If this is for an emulator system, don't restrict yourself to OS-9
>>> programs. You can easily create source code with PC programs and copy
>>> the results to a .dsk or .vhd image for assembly.
> 
> Not sure I follow you. Anything not written for OS9/Nitros9 will have to be
> ported in order to work under a different os.

You asked about editors not assemblers. OS-9 already has a very good 
assembler but editors are another issue. As the source code is just an 
ascii file, any good "what you see is what you get" program can create 
the source code file. It just needs to be put on a drive image with 
lines ending in $0D and not $0D0A.
RainbowIDE is contains such an editor and also can create .os9 images 
readable from an emulated version of NitrOS-9.

> 
> 
> What program(s) do people use to create and write coco files to the the
> vhds?
> Tims WinImageTool (MESS) doesn't appear to be compatible with the vhd
> format.
> Why is more than one virtual hd format needed?
> 

There is only one .vhd format regards the Coco. Wimgtool will read and 
extract files from OS-9 .vhd images but does not work for inserting 
files. Boisy's Toolshed os9.exe will but read and write to OS-9 .vhd 
images. That and some other tools can be obtained from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/toolshed/