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Praise for Edit Plus for Atari ST/TT/Falcon
The TEXT Editing Tool
Runs as ACC or PRG on all ST, STe, TT, Falcon Models
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Some nice excerpts of letters on EdHak and Diary
(the predecessors of Edit Plus)
It's really been nice having you continue to support and fine tune
this terrific program of yours. It doesn't seem all that long ago that
I was sending in bug reports for Diary 1.x. Now it looks like EdHak is
going to become EDIT Pro. Well, why not? The program has come such a
long way that it should have a name to match its capabilities.
I really do like all of the neat little changes that I've run into
in my very basic use of EdHak; especially the full featured window.
This is such a good solid program and that is what has helped it survive
while other text editors have come and gone.
(B. Bradfield, Calif.)
Let me take this opportunity to tell you that I'm very satisfied with
EdHak. I purchased EdHak from you about two years ago, when you were
in Toronoto for the TAF/Atari Show. I've since found EdHak to be one of
the most useful pieces of software I own. Besides word processing I've
used EdHak to convert verious types of formatted text files, as
disk-sector editor, and even to check out what's going on in RAM for
some of my own programming projects. Thanks for an excellent product!
(B. Haddon, Canada)
My EdHak arrived yesterday (very fast service, Craig!) and I
couldn't be happier with it. I've become something of a connoisseur of
DA text editors (this is my third) and it looks like this one will
become my default resident editor. I was worried about some things,
such as what would happen to a dietized file bigger than the buffer when
I saved to it, but there seems to be no problem at all even though I use
Dietized Size mode in Data Diet II. EdHak works flawlessly on my
TT/bigscreen monitor, and I'm finding it very intuitive and easy to
learn.
I am _very_ impressed! This has to be the best buy in text
editing for the ST/TT - and I say that as a long-time fan of STeno.
(G. Fuhrman)
I've been using EdHak 3.01 for a couple days now and ... well, the best
text editor for the Atari just got better. :) The block shift and column
features let you do things that only Sudden View would do before. One of
the new features makes my CodeKeys `quoting' macro redundant (except for
use with Aladdin). And the full GEM window is awesome in TT High! At last
we can read those 80-column-wide capture files with EdHak without having to
use F10 or guess at the last few characters in the line. (You could even
read a 155- column-wide text file if you had one ... and of course you can
see 70+ lines at once.
(G. Fuhrman, Canada)
By the way, more and more I'm using WordPerfect (on the left) and
EdHak.ACC (on the right) as a kind of hybrid text processor. Very
powerful combination, especially with CodeKeys! :)
(G. Fuhrman, Canada)
What does EdHak do? Words can hardly do it justice, but basically it's a
text editor that runs as an accessory or program, and it has not only
powerful text editing tools but is also capable of editing _any_ file, or
disk sectors, or RAM ... in short, anything. :) I probably spend more
time in my EdHak window than in any other on my TT.
(G. Fuhrman, Canada)
I've been using EdHak for a while now and find it near indispensable.
It IS in some cases. As one who also does programming I thought you
might like to hear some applauds from a user. I use it frequently to
read files, write notes, write text while using a DTP package and for
other things. The ability of EdHak to read sectors and locate strings
is an element that makes your editor much more than just-another-editor.
(G. Dulin, Oregon)
Just what I needed! I use Diary for both PGS text and also to load
assembler source code for clipping out routines and saving to disk then
loading them into the assembler. I even bought STeno and found that it
sucks and yours is better.
Splendid work! I really like Diary Acc! Use it all the time inside
PageStream since PGS lacks a good "external" editor. If the editors don't
zap it, I have mentioned Diary in my review of PageStream 1.8 which is
to appear in the January issue of ST Informer.
(C. Walters, OH)
Craig,
I really like the enhancements you've made to Diary.acc and am
glad to send in my shareware registration for a great desk acc notepad.
I find it very valuable for working on assign.sys files and writing up
message replies for Genie. The screen paging speed is amazing,
Tempus-like! All the features you've programmed in make it a remarkable
program for a desk acc.. I find myself using it instead of my word
processor or ST Writer for many tasks. Thank you very much for giving
us such versatility in an always ready desk acc.!
(M. Motogawa, CA)
Thank you very much for working so hard on a beautiful piece of
programming, Craig.
Mel
I'm thoroughly enjoying Edhak and can't believe all the neat stuff that's
in there. You've got a lot of code there to be proud of Craig. Edhak is
superb!
Mel
Edhak is a wonderful program and I hope that Genie will consider using it
as a capture buffer for Aladdin ST. Thanks!
Mel
Edhak is a super prg/acc and very valuable when using telecommunication
programs or anything for that matter. More people should know. The next
issue of the GE Lamp will be the 1st of Dec. so I'll have the article for
you to proof before that. Thank you very much, Craig, for developing Edhak
into the greatest wp desk acc in the whole world!
Mel
As I've stated before, I really appreciate the work you've done on this
extremely useful software.
(C. Hardiman, MI)
YES! This is one of the truly useful pgms I've found for Atari. As a
main frame programmer, I'm accustomed to having a powerful editing
environment.
(M. Eschhofen, OH)
Good, clean, solid program -- very handy. I've started using it daily!
(C. Born, ME)
Great Job! I use the program continuously for some simple word processing
and sector editing.
(D. Halevy, NY)
I'm glad you're still working on a program I use almost every session with
my computer. I use Diary as my primary textfile viewer and preprinting
editor, and it is very useful. I usually use it to create textfiles for
uploading.
(S. Rosenbaum, MA)
This fits what I need to the letter. Excellent and elegant. Good job.
(T. Compton, MI)
I use your accessory at least once a day. It is a great program.
(W. Lewis, TX)
Keep extending Diary's capabilities and I'll be able to get rid of all my
other software.
(R. Wenham, TX)
I find Diary is my editor of choice for quick editing jobs, like batch
files, and writing small BASIC programs.
(E. Sakara, Manitoba)
And the best part is the way you keep adding features and fixing
bugs quickly (not stalling with endless excuses). In fact the only
other programmer who consistently seems to maintain this level of
quality is Charles Johnson of Codehead.
Your program is the only one, shareware or commercial, for which I
have received an upgrade notice.
(H. Wolfe, Ontario, Canada)
Thanks for the upgrade. I use Diary so much that I don't know what I would
do without it now.
(J. Meehan, Ohio)
It's the only wordprocessing type program I have on my hard drive. Using
it with PageStream seeems to be all I need to get my work done.
(C. Montgomery, Virginia)
I will also be using Diary to Autoload a custom Help file for use in my
MIDI sequencer set-up. (Most file viewer ACC's, like QuickView 2 and the
MaxiFile Show function do not work with C-Lab Notator. Diary works well,
thank you!)
(K. Swafford, KS)
Keep up the great work! This program is so generally useful, I
have even used it as a file editor for non-text files. It's also great
for adding a left margin, etc. to text files that come with programs so
you can put them in 3-ring binders without having to load a full blown
word processor. All in all, Diary is an amazingly useful accessory.
I plan on using EdHak from now on instead of my word processor and my
file/sector editor.
(J. Hubbard, TX)
This is a great desk accessory. I boot with it all the time so if I need
to do some quick editing of text while I'm in anything from my sequencer to
pagestream I can now do it with ease.
(W. Lewis, TX)
I find Diary very handy for use with the shareware program Manual Maker as
I can very conveniently make required changes to the text input file
without having to exit the application.
(F. Pawlowski, NH)
As I said, I use the program a lot. It is in the first slot of MultiDesk,
so that the pointer lands on it when I click MultiDesk.
(J. Kleiser, NV)
I love your DA text editor. I use it primarily to address envelopes on my
DJ+ when billing clients. I can print out invoices from my database and
then address the envelopes without exiting the program... very handy!
(W. Tryk, OR)
It is great to have a GEM based Text Editor Accessory always available
from the Atari desktop. One of my more favorite uses of Diary is with
another program called Interlink, which I use to communicate with BBS's.
To keep telephone expenses down I capture all new mail online in
Interlink's buffer and hangup. Then I scroll thru the buffer in one window
and compose my response using Diary in another window. By toggling between
windows I can read and write. When I finish, I go back online and upload
my text files as replies to my E-mail. Plain and simple, it works GREAT!
(N. Nesmith, MI)
I am writing to thank you for a wonderfully simple yet useful
accessory. Your ASCII text creator/editor DIARY 1.6 is definitely the
best addition to my desktop in a very long while. I use a program which
allows me to select which AUTO programs and Accessories to load during
the boot process. I am always changing which accessories are loaded at
particular times, but I can't remember the last time I started a
comptuter session without the Diary loaded.
The greatest feature is the Append during the write funcitno. I guess
that's what makes it a good "Diary" accessory.
(J. Beaucaire, CA)
Great idea -- you've made my several word processors useless for many of
their former functions. I especially like the ease of creating README
files, etc.
(L. Benedict, CA)
I find this to be a well thought out program, very friendly interface and a
minimum of fuss to use. I find it very useful in my capacity as the PD
librarian for a user group. It makes creating & editing README files very
easy. Congratulations on producing a superior product.
(W. Willis, BC, Canada)
Many thanks and congratulations for such a fine program. I seem to use it
every day that I use my computer.
(A. Dutra, CA)
Do you know that you are the only one who actually notified me about an
update?
(I. Takats, Ontario, Canada)
All in all this is a very useful program. I use my ST 80% of the time with
"Notator" -- a MIDI sequencing & notation package. I have tried other
accessory text editors (Notepad, Flexipad, Partner), but they all seemed
cumbersonme compared to this.
(R. Greene, CA)
When I hear someone say "constantly updated" you come to mind.
(J. Johnson, OH)
This is the easiest to use accessory editor I have seen. Keep up the Good
Work!
(L. Benjamin, GA)
Please send me Edit Plus v 3.12, so I may continue to live.
(J. P. Arno, TX)
This is a truly excellent program!
(L. Delafield, CA)
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4 May 1996, Last updated: 12/10/2008