May 1993/CUG Library Editors/Table 1

Table 1 Editors at a glance

Item                    STEVIE          RED              SE
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Version                 3.71            7.0              1.00
Release Date            08/06/89        01/26/90         06/12/90
Size of .C/.H files     224K            174K             195K
Size of .ASM files      N/A             5K               34K
Free memory to run      129K            45K              64K
.EXE on the disk        No              Yes              Yes
Max lines/file edit     16,384 *        32,767           16,384
Max chars/line edit     > 1,024         79               253
Text display method     ANSI.SYS        BIOS INT 10h     Direct Write
Command emulation       UNIX vi         None             WordStar
Compilers Supported **  MSC and others  MSC and Turbo C  MSC
Platforms Supported     MS--DOS, OS/2,   MS--DOS           MS--DOS
                        Atari ST, UNIX
                        BSD, and SV

* Limited by available memory. Usually closer to 8,192 due to 640K DOS limit. May be much higher on Unix and 32-bit systems.

** Note that unspecified compilers and versions might work, but have not been certified by the author of the package.