RED, a freeware Pick programmer's editor, is available from the nice folks at www.mvtools.net.

What is RED?

RED is a programmer's text editor that brings the power and features of DOS and UNIX editors to the Pick environment. With it you can edit BASIC programs, PROCs, dictionary definitions, or data file items in an environment designed expressly for program development.

RED's main features include:

• Full-screen, "point and type" (non-modal) editing.
• Multiple windows that let you work with separate parts of the same item or up to 6 different items at once.
• Keyboard commands that take advantage of any cursor, function, or special keys available on your terminal.
• Simple, clearly indicated cut and paste functions that let you transfer blocks of characters within or between items.
• Sliding bar menus that list every available command and a description of what it does.
• An environment that lets you execute TCL commands or compile and test your program, without losing your place in the editor.
• Key stroke recording and playback to automate repetitive keyboard operations.
• Screen sizes from 80 x 24 to 132 x 48. With horizontal scrolling for long lines.
• Runs on any popular Pick implementation and supports all major terminals, monitors, and emulators.
• No Assembler code. No Abs Frames. Full source code provided.

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Support

If you get stuck, lost, find a bug or have any comments or questions, please contact Alan N. Glassman at Lycon Of Texas through Internet mail at 71171.1275@CompuServe.COM, or post a message in the comp.databases.pick Internet Newsgroup with "RED" in the title.

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System Requirements

This freeware distribution of RED is supplied as a single self extracting PKZIP.EXE file that contains everything you need to produce two 3.5 inch High Density (1.4MB) floppies for loading RED onto your Pick machine.

You must have access to a DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95 platform with a 3.5 inch High Density floppy drive, and your Pick machine must have a 3.5 inch High Density floppy drive and be able to do a Pick T-LOAD from this drive for you to use this version of RED.

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A Letter From The Author, Alan Glassman: Sunday, January 18, 1998

I just scanned the CDP for "RED" using the DejaNews filter search and figured I'd take a swipe at some of the recent questions.

For those of you who have never used it, the DejaNews filtered search (http://w.dejanews.com/home_sf.shtml) with the "Group" field set to "comp.databases.pick" is a great way to find all the previous post about RED (or any other subject in CDP). Strongly suggest you try there first for any RED questions you might have.

Note - Just because I wrote RED, do NOT assume I know what I'm talking about. It's been years since I've even touched a Pick box, much less worked on the RED source.

Q - Larger screen sizes?

A - Find the source for the "Heart" you are using in RED-DEF. Look for the "INCLUDE ... XXX.TermDef' line. Find the referenced TermDef in RED-DEF. Look for the "INCLUDE ... xxx.TermSizeDef' line and change it to either "132x43.TermSizeDef" or "132x24.TermSizeDef". Rebuild your Heart by doing

>RED ? Bring up the Breakfast Menu.
{L} Go to the Lunch Menu.
{7} Choose Generate Hearts.
:Xxxx Answer the 'Source ...' prompt with your Heart name.

Q - RED for uniVerse

A - Original RED code for uniVerse is probably way out of date for the latest uniVerse release but I haven't see too many problem reports so it probably still works. But if anyone has a version of RED running under uniVerse that they'd like to upload to JES's site in a format more accessible to uniVerse users than the original floppy image that I created, I'm sure Jon would be glad to have it.

Q - RED for UniData

A - I had to pull this one from the JES site. It just wouldn't work with the newer UniData versions. Same as above. Anyone got a patched version they would be willing to upload to the JES site?

Q - AP Control & Cursor Keys

A - See the Pick doc for the "XCS" TCL command. This needs to be "ON" before the console keys will send the right sequences.

I'm afraid that I can not offer any real support for RED anymore, but I'll be glad to take a crack at any specific questions via EMail

Alan Glassman
71171.1275@compuserve.com