[TUHS] Screen editors

[Larry McVoy]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 09:24:13AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, Toby Thain wrote:
> 
> >Speaking of WordStar, on CP/M there was also WordMaster, lighter weight,
> >better as a programmer's editor. Not sure who wrote it (but istr it came
> >from the WordStar people?) Adding here for completeness...
> 
> I used WordStar a lot on my old Microbee (an Aussie CP/M box) but I never
> heard of WordMaster...
> 
> Getting a full ANSI C compiler for CP/M was great; I could use some Unix
> tools on it :-)  Can't remember if it was BDS or Hi-Tech; one was ANSI
> (function prototypes and the works) whereas the other wouldn't even
> recognise things like "int i = 1;".

BDS was pretty good about C, I used it a *lot*, but it had a really funky
not compatible libc/stdio.  I got used to it but had to retrain my brain
when I was on Unix.