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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Ian Scott wrote:

> 
> > 
> > I think it s is stuck in wordstar mode - the default as compiled.
> > 
> > Only plain e3 from my package works in BL1.  I had to add 'tail' from the 
> > appropriate version of SW to make e3pi (pico version) work.
> > 
> > I compiled the complete version for Bl2 but only included e3 and e3pi in 
> > my little package.
> 
> I think e3pi, e3vi, etc are just symlinks to e3. so it should take up
> almost no space to have them all.

They seem very small but I don't know what other files are needed to make 
them work so I left them out. 


> 
> Having said that, making said symlinks in BL1 didn't seem to work.
> > 
> > I had to replace 'tail' from SW71 with 'tail' from SW32 (txtutils) to get
> > it to work with BL1.  
> >
> 
> Was this to get it to compile or to get it to run?
> Seems strange that it needs tail at runtime - I wonder what for ...

Tail was not needed to compile but it refused to run without tail, and it 
had to be the correct version of tail in the correct location.  I have no 
idea what tail does - you can read the man page for it in txtutils and 
report back.

> 
> > I did not include the other modes in my little package but if you want I
> > can send them to you.  I don't know what they will need to work.  Plain e3
> > (wordstar) did not need tail or any other additions.
> >
> Aha - I used a binary version a long time ago and you could switch between 
> all
> the different modes (using Ctrl-K M if I remember) - but that must be a
> compile time choice.

I will see if this works in my version - or try it yourself with e3 and 
e3pi.  I will also check out the vi and emacs versions to see if they need 
additional files and if so try to make a complete package including the 
neded files for BL2.  (And maybe some day for BL1 if anyone requests 
that).  I am currently on my trusty DOS computer so can't check now.
I included only the wordstar and pico versions to keep it smaller so I 
could attach it to my email (40K total limit).

> 
> > To compile your own version you need the source code, nasm.tgz, diffs.tgz 
> > (diff.tgz?) and to put a line in Makefile SHELL=bash or else install echo 
> > from sh-utils.  This went very quickly even though I had never compiled 
> > assembly language or much of anything else before.  Just type 'make' and 
> > then 'make test'.  Make install did not work for me.  Feel free to email 
> > me for help - I was very proud of myself to get this working. 
> >
> 
> I might give it a go.
> 
> > It is more than 3 editors - Wordstar, pico, vi, emacs, and possibly some 
> > others.  I think I found the source code online with more info.  
> > 
> > You can choose to compile with a different default than wordstar, or use 
> > the very small additional files like e3pi for the different modes.  
> > 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ian
> 
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