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    From Patch@VERT/R2LOTW to All on Sun Apr 24 10:52:41 2016
    Does anyone have a suggestion on different online message editors?

    On my original BBS I used to have WWIVEdit, which was a very nice editor to have, and would like to look at installing something similar on my new system.

    The built in editor does the job, but using CTRL characters to manipulate through replying and posting messages is a bit cumbersome.

    Any suggestions would be awesome!

    -Patch

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Patch on Mon Apr 25 02:16:17 2016
    Re: Online Message Editors
    By: Patch to All on Sun Apr 24 2016 10:52 am

    Does anyone have a suggestion on different online message editors?

    On my original BBS I used to have WWIVEdit, which was a very nice editor to have, and would like to look at installing something similar on my new system.

    You can still run WWIVedit with Synchronet, but I think it's still just a 16-bit DOS program, so that can be a pain.

    The built in editor does the job, but using CTRL characters to manipulate through replying and posting messages is a bit cumbersome.

    Any suggestions would be awesome!

    fseditor.js and slyedit (also in JavaScript) seem to be the most popular right now, for Synchronet.

    digital man

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  • From Patch@VERT/R2LOTW to Digital Man on Mon Apr 25 17:07:10 2016
    Re: Online Message Editors
    By: Digital Man to Patch on Mon Apr 25 2016 02:16 am

    You can still run WWIVedit with Synchronet, but I think it's still just a 16-bit DOS program, so that can be a pain.

    I recently found my old WWIV backup that was hiding on my NAS, complete with our ANSI group that we had named Weapon X, John Daily's Software back then was called Datagen Software Designs, which I was the main distribution site for, and it even still has WWIVEdit on it.

    I may beat my head against the wall at some point and see what I can do with it. =)


    fseditor.js and slyedit (also in JavaScript) seem to be the most popular right now, for Synchronet.

    I guess for me it's just getting used to the new command structure, going from one method of writiing and editing to another.

    I'll get there. =)

    -Patch

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