Jim Rysyk wrote in a message to Jack Stein:
 >JR> ZIP and UNZIP are either on your installed system, or on the
 > I didn't know this, but I use INFOZIP here, as most everyone does.  
 JR> Their have been OS/2 ZIP and UNZIP utilities around for a
 JR> long time, and even  OEM licenced to you know who, eg:
Sure, I just didn't know they came installed with OS/2 or in any bonus packs.
 JR> If I went looking, I could did up even older ones.
 >JR> Boxer is a OS/2 shareware word processor.  Its missing a few
 >JR> established features, has a learning curve, but looks like a
 >JR> well though out word processor, with a future. 
 > 
 > Obviously I don't agree with that, it is missing few features, none 
 > that I can think of, and has quite a few more than others have.  The 
 JR> Canadian English spell checker, and a grammer checker to
 JR> name two.  Or did I miss those features.
True, Boxer does not come with a spell checker but it has a macro to load the 
spell checker or grammer checker of your choice.  More importantly, it has 
command line switches to allow loading files in shared mode for read, write, 
or both or none.  This allows one to protect loaded files in multi-tasking 
systems, and is what gives an editor the capacity to load external programs, 
such as spell/grammer checkers on the apps they are editing.
 >JR> PC Write quick editing.  using DOS based editors for OS/2
 >JR> com/config files may prevent the files from executing. 
 > 
 > I never had that happen to me?  I don't edit executibles with any 
 > text editor though, not a good idea...  What will happen regardless 
 > of what editor you use, is, if you make a backup (automated backup) 
 JR> Well, I'm always editing, or even writing the odd CONFIG and
 JR> .BAT/.CMD migration, ect or one from scratch.  Some times to
 JR> tweek something, other times just too see how much I can
 JR> remember.  
Boxer has no problem with these, that is one of its main purposes, and has 
color syntax highlighting for Config.sys and .Cmd files as well as most every 
programing language.
 JR> Other times just to learn something.  My most
 JR> common muistake is using the wrong key stokes to save and
 JR> exit, and forgetting to use TEdit to make it OS/2 boot
 JR> compatible.
I don't know what you mean by "using TEdit to make it OS/2 boot compatable"??
OS/2 doesn't care what editor you use to edit files, you can use edlin, copy 
console, or describe, or whatever you like in between?
                                              Jack 
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