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to: FRED HOLMES
from: TOM HALL
date: 1995-04-26 16:44:00
subject: WP`s Programmers` Editor

On Sunday April 16 1995, at 06:42, Fred Holmes at 1:133/314@fidonet wrote to 
Sid Lee:
 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> Yes, I too have used it to patch/modify HP LaserJet
 FH> bit-mapped font files, and it has worked great.  I also use
 FH> it any time I don't want to be bothered with limitations on
 FH> line lengths.  I really haven't taken the time to figure out
 FH> what TSE is doing to my data file when I get the error
 FH> message "Long lines split, press ", but I am always
 FH> afraid that it is doing something nasty and unpredictable.
You could always invoke TSE with the /b switch, which causes the editor to
treat the file as a binary, not a text file.
Tom
thth@rr.ualberta.ca
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