[Coco] scred Docs

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Actually, SCRED is kind of hybrid (depending on the terminal type you are running on). You can cursor around on the screen, jumping by character/line/word/beginning and end of line, etc. You do have to switch between cursor movement and editing modes, though, but it is a far cry from the strictly line editing that BASIC-09 and the EDIT editors use.

The best editor (for ease of use, although setting it up wasn’t the easiest) was Owlware’s Window Writer, which I mentioned before. It went further than SLED, etc. by allowing mouse cursor movement as well, drop down menus, editing files larger than the program workspace, etc. It was actually a full blown word processor.
(and written in BASIC-09 actually, with some assembly language subroutines, if I remember correctly).

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Mar 24, 2017, at 10:17 AM, Stephen H. Fischer <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Fadden" <t.fadden at cox.net <mailto:t.fadden at cox.net>>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com <mailto:coco at maltedmedia.com>>
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] scred Docs
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>> That is not for scred.  The scred manual is part of the os9 Level 2 
>> Development System Manual. On 3/24/2017 8:19
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>> It is right above the one Stephen gave you. The correct link is:
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>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Operating%20Systems/OS-9%20Level%20Two%20Development%20System%20(Tandy).pdf
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>> I don't know what all the scred bashing is about, I have used it since 
>> it came out, and have never had any problem. I have heard in the past 
>> others saying it is bugged. Perhaps some one in the know could enlighten.
>> 
>> Cheers
> 
> SCRED is a line editor and not a screen editor. Just like Basic09's line editor which I found a way to avoid.
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> Once you have used a screen editor you will never go back, as least I did to the point of creating a screen editor when none was available.
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> Large file editing is one of it's advantages, I simulated that be being able to step through a file, not recommended.
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> I saw that horror at work years before and tried to help the lady using it with little success. Going back to a typewriter was not an option but better things would appear soon like screen editors. It was like looking at your document only one line at a time, forget what you have changed in a line before and you need to go back to the start of the document to find what to do next.
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> SHF 
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