README

NaiED

A small text editor for DOS real mode, written in Free Pascal. The project is meant to bring back memories of the old DOS days.

Features

• Fast enough to run on 8088 machine
• Supports Long File Names (thanks to Free Pascal)
• Strings larger than 255 bytes (thanks to Free Pascal, although we limit it to 16KB)
• Handle file bigger than 64KB
• Highlight symbols and trailing spaces, enable / disable it by pressing Ctrl-Shift-H
• 32KB clipboard with support for Windows clipboard
• Common navigation methods: Arrow keys to move cursor, Ctrl-C/V/X for Copy/Paste/Cut, selecting blocks of text with Shift+Arrow keys, Esc to quit the editor
• Save: Use Ctrl-S, or Ctrl-Shift-S for save as another file
• Search: Use Ctrl-F or Ctrl-Shift-F for case-sensitive search, and F3 to search for the next occurrence.
• Replace: Use Ctrl-R or Ctrl-Shift-R for case-sensitive replace, and F4 to replace the next occurrence.
• Go To Line: Use Ctrl-G
• Open / Create new file: Use Ctrl-O

Limitations

• No undo/redo functionality
• No mouse support
• Inability to handle files that exceed conventional memory limits
• Inability to work with multiple files

How to build

You need a Free Pascal cross-compiler for msdos-8086, with Compact memory model (although larger models should compile just fine)

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