From: abolins%visavis.uucp@nyongwa.cam.org (August Abolins)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Better editor than Waffle's...
Date: 15 Dec 92 04:18:19 GMT
Organization: Vis-a-Vis Communications [Ontario+Quebec]

eoin@xocolatl.com (John F. Snyder) writes:

> abolins%visavis.uucp@nyongwa.cam.org (August Abolins) writes:
> -> Sorry, no.  But do try to contact the author. Maybe his BBS is still
> -> on-line. (Did I included his BBS number in my reply?)
> 
> Nope.

I double checked... I included the mailing address and the BBS number.
Here is an abbreviated copy of that message...

From: abolins%visavis.uucp@nyongwa.cam.org (August Abolins)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Shroom and Waffle, mutual coexistence IS possible!
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 12:20:26 EST
Organization: Vis-a-Vis Communications [Ontario+Quebec]

magus@brewhau.bison.mb.ca (James Copland) writes:

> I have been getting mail from users wanting a better editor than
> waffles internal editor and I am thinking of getting them a shareware
> one.  I would like some advice from the net as to which editor to go...

Ages ago, I obtained a shareware editor designed for this purpose.  I
was surprised that I still have it on disk!  I tried it when RBBS still
didn't have a good ful-screen editor.  It seemed to work quite well; it
even allows drawing lines.  Here is an extract, and info on contacting
the author (unless he moved by now...)

                               Remote Text Editor
                                       by
                                 Richard Smith

         Redit, Remote Text Editor, Version 1.02
         Copyright (c) 1988 by Richard Smith.  All Rights Reserved...

[delete some text...]

                   Richard Smith
                   6207 Bright Valley
                   San Antonio, Texas 78242

         You will receive by return mail or via upload to your board
         the next version of RTE and will be registered in the support
         Conference of Rick's Place where you will be able to continue
         to download the latest version for 1 year.

         What is RTE:
         -------------
         The Remote Text Editor (RTE), saved in executable form as
         REDIT.EXE was written to satisfy a need to be able to edit
         text files while operating from remote into a BBS.

         Version 1.02 has a limited line capacity of 700 lines which
         should be sufficient for most needs.

         RTE is written in Turbo Pascal Version 5.0 and directs all
         writes through BIOs.  As such it becomes suitable for use...
           .
           .
           .
         Thanks for trying Redit.

         Rick Smith, SysOp
         Rick's Place
         (512) 623-2210
         300 1200 2400 baud 24 hours.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Does CI$ have attached mail files?  That would be preferred or
> uuencoded and mailed to me at this address thanks.

Yes CIS (I noted the $) allows binary "file attaches".  It actually
works quite nicely.  But your idea to mail you the data uuencoded sounds
practical too.  Look for it... 25kbytes!   BTW, where are you located?


---  August Abolins  --------------[ abolins%visavis@nyongwa.cam.org ]---