On Monday 01-16-1995, Kelly Schrock wrote to Kurt Westerfeld about
"Editor.:"

  KS>   > I chose VSE over the other two editors because it did what I want
  KS>   > it to very quickly.  It only took me a day to be complete productive
  KS>   > in it; coming from a guy that has spent the last five years
  KS>   > customizing QEdit constantly that's a real compilement.
  KS>  
  KS>  Okay, WHERE can I get it? or at least a demo? I have been
  KS>  looking for something like PM's answer to WinEdit, which is a
  KS>  cool editor for Windoze. VSE sounds like something I'd like. 

I believe it's available in Programmer's Paradise, and direct (if
you get OS/2 Developer magazine, or other non-OS/2 related magazine,
there's probably a 1/4 page ad in there.  Look for "MicroEdge"). 
There's no demo available, but as I said, it's 30 day money back.

  KS>  I need to be able to make
  KS>  my own macros, I'd like to be able to record macros too(but
  KS>  not necessary), I'd like syntax highlighting, I'd like to be
  KS>  able to catch compiler output in a window and edit other files
  KS>  at the same time, and I want an editor that will start up in
  KS>  less than 10 seconds on my 486-66 (on this machine, Borland's
  KS>  IDE starts up in about that much time, and RimStar starts up in
  KS>  about 15-20. That's too slow!). 

That's a Check+ on all these.

  KS>  This sounds like the thing. Does it have a dialog editor, like the
  KS>  WIndoze version does? and how much does it cost?

It sure is.  Editing nirvana at $199 (special going for $147).

       Kurt Westerfeld

 * KWQ/2 1.2i * DOS never says "EXCELLENT command or filename"...

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