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Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS (Users)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 23.04.2022, 14:48

> My real issue is that I need Notepad for DOS and if there is a DOS equal to
> Notepad in terms of text selection, and all keyboard shortcuts, it's the
> FreeDOS EDIT.EXE program. It seems to mimic Notepad in every way EXCEPT it
> has a cap on the size of the file being edited. Right now, I'm trying to
> edit a PowerBASIC .BAS file that's around 330KB. FD Edit.exe wants no part
> of it! Can anyone recommend a DOS text editor that:

Maybe The Aurora Editor is for you.

> -Supports large files

Open included 372KB file DOC\FUNCTION.DOX --> check

> -Highlights selected text using SHIFT+Arrow Keys

check

> -Highlighted disappears when arrow key is pressed w/o SHIFT

Make sure, you select "Aurora/CUA" editor style during install. (You can also change it afterwards by copying one or two files and recompiling the editor's macros.)

Apply this change to KBD.AML and recompile the editor (Alt+F2).
Please, consider this as a 'hack', because I just 'invented' this for you now. I didn't test for side effects.

--- STYLE\CUKBD.AML       Tue Nov 05 03:00:00 1996
+++ KBD.AML     Sat Apr 23 14:39:35 2022
@@ -221,11 +221,17 @@ object edit
   key  <alt e>         gotomenu "edit"         // to edit menu (cua)
   key  <alt t>         gotomenu "text"         // to text menu (cua)
 
   // Cursor
   key  <up>            up                      // move cursor up
+                       destroymark
   key  <down>          down                    // move cursor down
+                       destroymark
+  key <left>           left
+                       destroymark
+  key <right>          right
+                       destroymark
 
   // Cursor + CUA-marking
   key  <shift up>      up
                        smark
   key  <shift down>    down

check

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• Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jejump, 19.04.2022, 22:41
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - mceric, 20.04.2022, 09:24
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - RayeR, 20.04.2022, 11:46
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Oso2k, 21.04.2022, 01:17
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bretjohn, 21.04.2022, 20:13
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Zyzzle, 22.04.2022, 02:31
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jadoxa, 22.04.2022, 16:50
        • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 23.04.2022, 13:53
      • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - bretjohn, 22.04.2022, 18:59
        • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Zyzzle, 23.04.2022, 01:38
          • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - Guti, 23.04.2022, 09:05
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 23.04.2022, 14:48
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - iw2evk, 23.04.2022, 14:54
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - SuperIlu, 24.04.2022, 17:22
  • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - jejump, 25.04.2022, 01:28
    • Looking for Windows Notepad equivalent for DOS - rr, 25.04.2022, 08:13