[Coco] Colorful_Sled_6ed

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

Sled (Either version) is not what you want.

Both are limited to what will fit in memory.

I stopped work on Colorful Sled when I ran out of memory and if any more 
code were to be added, the text buffer size would have to be reduced by 
another 8K. I refused to consider this.

I realized this limitation and did not like it at all.

The solution I found was to start over with an editor called, If I remember 
correctly, "RED". It was not memory limited, as all the editors I use on 
Windows are.

It is in the notes.

I have (I hope) the Dr. Dobbs Magazines with the source, but I have not seen 
them for twenty plus years.

It was doable for OS-9 IMHO, but I never started.

Sled has had little mention on the CoCo list and I am somewhat surprised 
that the non memory limited editors available have not been mentioned 
lately.

I searched for RED and found a DVD offered for ~ $60.

You are better off doing your editing on Windows like I do now, and then 
transfer the source to NitrOS-9 when ready. RainbowIDE, if what Roger and I 
disagreed on was done by him, is not your best choice.

I am going to talk to Luis about getting CoCoDskUtil really usable for OS-9 
disks which it is not yet. That will help a lot with the transfers.

http://www.contexteditor.org/

Is what I used for editing code, be it Urbane (DECB) or "C" or what ever. My 
Word Processor Lotus WordPro is also used for some operations.

I did not run into the problems you are having because I broke the source 
apart when I got close to the editor limit. I would expect that you could do 
the same. The source that you gave me is way too large for Colorful Sled.

Your desires all sound like Windows built in cut and paste, multiple windows 
open at the same time and lots more features that I use forgetting that OS-9 
does not have anything close to them.

Colorful Sled was fine back then when much better editors were not 
available.

Try using "Edit" for ten minutes, you will be sick. Or DECB's editor, or 
Basic09's editor. Sled was a huge step up back then.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Colorful_Sled_6ed


>
> Stephen,
>
> I would definately be interested in the Sled source. I have downloaded all 
> you linked, but yet had time to go through it as I've got another pot on 
> the fire right now and it's boiling over. As soon as I get through with 
> that stew, I want to go through the manual and see what it offers. I've 
> been needing a better text editor.
>
> I do have one question, how does it handle files too large for the buffer. 
> I need an editor that has simple controls, like Ed and TSEdit but with a 
> "buffer swap" that allows large files. I don't need "fancy" features like 
> formatting, multi-fonts, and all that. Just a simple editor that supports 
> tabs, arrow key scrolling, insert/overstrike, files larger than buffer, 
> and block copy/cut/paste. Also, I need to be able to run two instances 
> from different windows and be able to copy from one to paste to the other.
>
> I really like Ed 3 and Ed has been my editor of choice but the buffer 
> sucks. I have a lot of files that I have to export to the PC and edit them 
> in RainbowIDE then bring them back to OS9. I have DynaStar but I'm too 
> lazy to read the manual, and you don't touch that one without the manual 
> in hand till you learn the command system.
>
> Bill P