I use SlickEdit for the WinXX platform for 8051 assembly coding. I love it.

Another very nice thing: when the demo period expired, I called them up and
they gave me a new code over the phone to plug in which enabled it for
another month.

The compare tool is very nice; it has saved me a lot of time, and the
interface to my 8051 assembler is easy.

There is a window in the IDE which I have configured to show the command
line results of the dos-based assembler, and it is very easy to go from the
editor to the ICE and back again. When doing a search through the text, this
lower window automatically changes to show all the matched lines, and
clicking on the line in this window brings the text editor window to that
location.

It has column blocking, automatic commenting (make asterisk boxes, comment
out selected lines) and my version understands the Delphi IDE and interfaces
with it (although I haven't used this feature.)

I never felt the impulse to move on once I started using it. My productivity
has increased by using this product.

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Wuest <rwuest@WUEST.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] "Best" Editor (was: "Syntax Highlighting in MPLAB")


> Andrew Warren wrote:
> >
> > Wollenberg, Frank <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for a windows editor, brief-compatible, and with RCS and
> > > MAKE support. But that's my personal wish. An editor should have
> > > various key-styles like EMACS, WINDOWS, VI, Wordstar... Features that
> > > are a must is:
> > >         - syntax-highlighting like UltraEdit
> > >         - regular expressions in search/replace like BRIEF
> > >         - auto-reload on external file change like ZEUS/UltraEdit -
> > >         file differencer like ZEUS - auto-indent - column blocks like
> > >         BRIEF - context-sensitive help - function list - project
> > >         support like UltraEdit
> > > The file differencer should display both files in a vertical split
> > > window, highlighting the differences. Also customizing by macros like
> > > in brief (*.CM) or emacs (*.EL) is nice.
> >
> >     Codewright does ALL of that.  None of the people whom I've
> >     convinced to try it has switched back to any other editor.
> >
> >     -Andy
> >
> > === Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com
> > === Fast Forward Engineering - San Diego, California
> > === http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499
>
> I have to put my $0.02 in here.
>
> Visual slickedit also rocks.  If it isn't as good as Codewright, I'd be
> surprised (never having used codewright).  VS does all of the above, it
> does it with a very intuitive interface and it runs identically on both
> windows and Linux (although you have to buy both versions to get it.)
>
> I have Cygwin installed for GNU make on windows and use the same
> makefile to compile (with Hi-Tech C, both version installed) in both
> environments.
>
> In Linux, the interface to RCS is seamless.  I have never actually used
> the windows RCS interface 'cause I don't have the executables.  It
> doesn't support CVS, which I think is a weekness.
>
> It does auto-reload, excellent syntax highlighting, has a great file
> difference/interactive edit/merge tool, which would be even cooler if it
> could work from an RCS version file :)
>
> The Linux/windows thing was what convinced me to go with Visual Slick
> Edit about 5 years ago and I have never been sorry I did.  I also have
> recommended it to others, none of which I know of have changed and they
> are all happy with it.
>
> I do not work for microedge or anything, I just really like their
> product.  I find it a very productive work environment and highly
> recommend it.
>
>
> --
> Robert Wuest, PE
>