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by **Neil Bradley** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:11 am

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

by **Tauno Voipio** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:20 am

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

If you want the whole kit and caboodle with all bells
and whistles (and some learning threshold), consider
Emacs. There are versions for even Windowses.

--

Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

by **Rich Webb** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:41 am

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:11:33 -0800, "Neil Bradley"
<nb_no_spam@synthcom.com> wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

Use vi, the one true editor... ;-)

--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA

by mc » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:37 am

Use vi, the one true editor... ;-)

And Jimmy Carter is still President, right? :) :)

by **Ian Bell** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:40 am

Tauno Voipio wrote:

Neil Bradley wrote:
What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames
or PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed
nor supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

If you want the whole kit and caboodle with all bells
and whistles (and some learning threshold), consider
Emacs. There are versions for even Windowses.

LOL

Ian
--
Ian Bell

by **Ian Bell** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:40 am

Rich Webb wrote:

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:11:33 -0800, "Neil Bradley"
nb_no_spam@synthcom.com> wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or
PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor
supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

Use vi, the one true editor... ;-)

LOL

Ian
--
Ian Bell

by **Ian Bell** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:41 am

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or
PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor
supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

For simple stuff I use Kedit or Kate.

Ian
--
Ian Bell

by **Noel Henson** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:57 am

Ian Bell wrote:

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames
or PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed
nor supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

For simple stuff I use Kedit or Kate.

Ian

Kedit and/or Kate as a replacement for brief? LOL

Noel

by **Bryan Hackney** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:59 am

Ian Bell wrote:

Tauno Voipio wrote:

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames
or PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed
nor supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

If you want the whole kit and caboodle with all bells
and whistles (and some learning threshold), consider
Emacs. There are versions for even Windowses.

LOL

Ian

I use XEmacs. I don't really like it, but it will be around forever, unlike
Brief and Codewright, and dozens of other abandonwares.

by **Tim Wescott** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:59 am

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

Well, I think Ian, Rich and Tauno have summed it up: favorite editors is

_definitely_ a religious issue. I've used Codewrite up to v6, and have
had people express satisfaction with Borlands v7 -- what's this about it
not being maintained?

PS: I'm currently using Programmer's File Editor, not because I like it
better, but because it's free.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

by **MetalHead** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:10 am

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

I've been using UltraEdit and have been really happy with it. You can
configure almost everything about it and it works with large files.
supports all the usual syntax coloring and such (if you want it) and has
been extremely reliable. You can try it for free and registering it
costs $30US the last time I looked. WWW.ultraedit.com

Good Luck,
Bob

by **Al Gosselin** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:18 am

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

I like Vim. It's free and flexible. I googled 'brief editor' and the
first link was http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=265 which
has a vim script that does 'Brief-like' binding and behavior.

Al

by **nospam** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:32 am

"Neil Bradley" <nb_no_spam@synthcom.com> wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter). Codewright was
one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed nor supported (and
it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

www.slickedit.com Expensive but if you try the evaluation you will
probably buy it anyway.

by **Oliver Betz** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:32 am

"Neil Bradley" <nb_no_spam@synthcom.com> wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no longer
cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames or PATH
environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more modern with
Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).

Wil Taphoorn wrote 2001 "If you liked Brief (as I still do) you will
love CRiSP, you can even keep your Brief macros." So look at
http://www.vital.com/

Links to more editors: http://wiki.oliverbetz.de/owiki.php/TextEditors
(might be outdated).

Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being
developed nor supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Didn't know this - http://www.codewright.com/ doesn't state this and
CodeWright 7.5 is still offered for 299USD at shop.borland.com.

Oliver
--
Oliver Betz, Muenchen (oliverbetz.de)

by **Noel Henson** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:42 am

Tim Wescott wrote:

Neil Bradley wrote:

What do all of you embedded systems guys use these days? Brief is no
longer cutting it for me due to the fact it can't handle long pathnames
or PATH environment variables under Windows, and I'd like something more
modern with Brief emulation capabilities (pay or free - doesn't matter).
Codewright was one of my favorites, but it's no longer being developed
nor supported (and it's buggy, unfortunately).

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions? Thank you!

-->Neil

Well, I think Ian, Rich and Tauno have summed it up: favorite editors is
_definitely_ a religious issue. I've used Codewrite up to v6, and have
had people express satisfaction with Borlands v7 -- what's this about it
not being maintained?

PS: I'm currently using Programmer's File Editor, not because I like it
better, but because it's free.

Before I became Linux-only, I used PFE for all coding. Before that I swore
by CodeWright as well.

Noel

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