On 4/6/2017 3:46 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:48:15 +0100, druck wrote:
>
>> On 06/04/2017 14:06, James Harris wrote:
>>> On 06/04/2017 13:12, Daniel James wrote:
>>>> In article , James Harris wrote:
>>>>> OK. It's a pity Notepad doesn't handle LF-only endings. Would save
>>>>> the hassle. But Wordpad does.
>>>>
>>>> I heartily recommend Notepad++ for code editing on Windows.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from all the other neat things it does, it handles CR/LR/CR+LF
>>>> endings, and can create an output file with any of those.
>>>
>>> I tried Notepad++ years ago but couldn't get used to it. Can't remember
>>> why now.
>>
>> Time to give it another try then.
>>>
>>> Notepad is fine for me. Once line wrap is turned off, Notepad will
>>> allow you to jump to a line by number. That's all I really need other
>>> than basic editing.
>>
>> Well if you can be happy with Notepad, vi is overkill, ed on a teletype
>> would be the Linux equivalent.
>>
> MS used to have an equivalent - remember edlin?

Yes, and I also remember entering hex on a keypad.  I don't think I've
ever toggled a bootloader in using toggle switches though.  I'm not
*that* old!

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Rick C

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