Build Your Own Text Editor

Re:Build Your Own Text Editor by bobochan on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @10:35PM (#14047478)

I would not say that I use it regularly, but I have a somewhat working version of what I remember to be the Norton Editor in C++ / ncurses. It was 100% motivated by seeing antirez's artistic triumph, and my effort is sadly lacking in comparison. Still, I look at it every few weeks and add a new feature, and now I am mostly editing the code in the editor itself, which is gratifying.

I actually need to get off my duff and code what I really want, which is a version of what I remember the best parts of the Norton Editor implemented as an emacs mode. I have great memories of writing pascal code in ne.com, so it is a big nostalgia item for me.

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Re:Build Your Own Text Editor by jason_slack on Thursday April 06, 2017 @01:29AM (#14048178)

Norton Editor.

Interesting that you mention this. I loved the Norton Editor. I have wanted to for years add a more Norton feel to the text editor that I write.

I wonder if I can still get a copy to play around with and run in a virtual machine. Any idea?

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Re:Build Your Own Text Editor by bobochan on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:07AM (#14049259)

I had a copy that I found on an old floppy about 15 years ago and I tried to see if I could use it in a Windows command window, but unfortunately it did not seem to work at all. Now that you mention a virtual machine though, I regret that I did not try and setup a FreeDOS VM.

Googling "norton editor manual pdf" lead me to a few old copies of the manual, so that is what I have used as a guide in my work, but most of it is just driven by how I remember it.

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Re:Build Your Own Text Editor by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday April 06, 2017 @09:06AM (#14050117)

You might also try dosbox, which is easier to use than a normal VM and works amazingly well.

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