Text file editor and IDE for MS-DOS and 8086/88 CPU (IBM XT-grade PC) designed in modern style.

Main features:

• Support files with size over 64k
• Support basic syntax highlight (C/C++/C--, Pascal, Basic, Assembler, Xml/Html, text files etc)
• Support multiple file editing at the same time
• Support internal clipboard (size up to 32k)
• Support unix-like text files for open
• Dont require DPMI-server or 80286 CPU, but support EMS/XMS
• Support Long File Names (LFN)
• Support Windows Clipboard (you can use it with DosBox-X)
• Support user's color scheme (via config-file)
• Support user's shell script running by hotkeys F5, F8, F9.
• You can disable highlight and receive good speed with XT.
• Support mouse

Restrictions:

• This software is writen in Borland Pascal, so string length is limited to 255 chars.
• DOS-conventional memory will be enought to load file up to ~300k..400k (expect - 300k border).
• DWED don't parse file content in the same way, as compilers - so, some time syntax highlight can fail (be wrong). I know it. But it is better then nothing.
• No Undo/Redo functionality. The reason is the same as why i dont build AST for syntax highlight - here is no memory/CPU speed for it.

Here is small review/intro on FreeDOS channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zFomGoKdlQ

Use:

C:\DWED\dwed.exe filename1 .. filenameN

Use key F1 to get more documentation (hotkeys, tips etc). I don't want write documentation and put all knowledge to buildin help.

Inspired by

ASCII program. Version 4.23 (C) Compact Soft, 1991.
By: Alexander Dudarenko & Dmitry Kohmanyuk.

Published at Softpanorama in 1993 (SP53A), now here is my remake for dwed.

Requires system2 library - https://github.com/DosWorld/libsystem2

To build binaries, you need Borland Pascal 7.0 in path, SPHINX C-- by Michael Sheker and my small make. Then - type

  make

MIT License