[Coco] Suggestions for a simple disk based text editor?

[Robert Gault]

spereira1952 at comcast.net wrote:
> Hello again all,
>
> My CoCo system is a CoCo 3 with HDBDOS cartridge and Drivewire.
>
> Recently, I typed in 1650+ lines of assembly source code (the source code for Color Forth from the manual). I typed this in a text editor on my Mac and transferred it onto my Drivewire computer via a memory stick. I used a file-to-DSK program (that runs as a command line program in a window under Windows XP on my Drivewire computer) to create a .DSK image with the ccforth.asm file on it, and I was then able to mount the disk and use EDTASM to assemble the file. I spent much of a day working my way through typographical errors, and changing mnemonics the EDTASM did not like. Now, I have a file that assembles properly.
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> Now that I have reached this point, I would like to observe the listing file, so I can check the code produced by my typed-in program against the original code in the Color Forth manual.
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> Does anyone have a suggestion for me on a simple, disk-based text editor that I can acquire to look at the listing with? I am not yet using OS-9 or NitrOS-9, so, please suggest a stand-alone disk-based editor, if they exist.
>
> Otherwise, can someone point me to a .DSK to file converter, so I can get the file off of my virtual disk and bring it back over to my Mac?
>
> Thanks very much, in advance, for your suggestions!
>
> smp
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> Stephen Pereira
> Bedford, NH 03110
> KB1SXE
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Stephen,

Is there some reason why you don't want to use the EDTASM commands that send the 
listing to a printer? If needed you can also send the assembled listing to a 
printer.

Since you are running EDTASM on a Drivewire system, you should be able to use 
Drivewire as your printer which would make getting an actual paper copy simple.

Robert