Fred Holmes wrote in a message to Sid Lee:
DR> And I have to ask the burning question.....here goes...big breath..
DR> "Why in God's green earth would anybody use WP as an editor?"
SL> Because you can work on files of unlimited length in it. Because
SL> the macro language is very strong. Lots of reasons. Although I
SL> prefer their older and now defunct product Programmers Editor.
FH> WP's Programmers' Editor (ED.EXE in its default filename)
FH> isn't as defunct as you might think. It came bundled with my
FH> regular copy of WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
Right you are! I found it packeged with my WP60. However, there is no
documentation on how to use it. Do all the regular WP commands do the same as
WP60? I noticed that there wasn't a mouse function available.
Later,
Charlie
...Relax. Don't worry. It's paying interest on a loan you may not owe.
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