Re: Editing text files on a PC

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@gmail.com>]

On May 1, 9:05 am, Boot Zero <ap...@bidlink.net> wrote:
> I have been working on a BBS, which is comprised of text based files
> (METAL BBS).  The 80s feel of Apple Writer is fun, but stone age
> compared to modern text editors.  I usually debug with an emulator, then
> move it to a //e when its the code is working.
>
> Using KEGS and Sweet16 on the mac, but I have a windows PC for
> Ciderpress. I can edit text files using Ciderpress, but it is my
> understanding that this should not be done with mounted images.
>
> What's the easiest way to edit on a PC or Mac, then test the changes in
> an emulator or authentic hardware?
>
> bz

If you are willing to spend a little money, Virtual ][ has a great
feature where you can mount a directory tree as a ProDOS volume (using
the filename extension to guess at the filetype).  It will do the work
of converting text files to and from native OSX format and ProDOS
format.  The only downside is that you can't edit files from OSX while
the Virtual ][ has the directory tree mapped.  You end up starting and
stopping the emulator between edits.  I will do minor edits inside the
emulator and major edits in OSX (TextWrangler).

Dave...