VCode a Text/Hex-Editor and Norton Commander for Dos (e.g. FreeDos)

Actually a pretty useful text editor for FreeDos. The Norton Commander Part is a tiny bit buggy and doesn't support long filenames.

Just try vcode.exe. If it doesn't work, check config.sys and autoexec.bat from the repository.

Not yet optimized for performance or storage space. On my 2010 desktop it works fine with FreeDos in all available resolutions.

Currently I have stopped developing this tool, so the graphics editor and others are not ready yet. It's just a fast (yet usable) hack. I just needed a text editor as the first program to be written in DOS/WatcomC.

If vcode.exe is too slow on your compute, I can't help yet. In this case you could recompile e.g. with a different graphics mode.

A video on how to use this text editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhpZKhp4Db8

Important Keys:

F1 Hex Editor

Shift+F1 Hex Editor side by side

F2 Rename (if this doesn't work, use ren of DOS)

F3 View (not edit)

Shift F3 View (not edit) (side by side)

F4 Edit Fullscreen

Shift+F4 Edit in "Tab" (side by side edit)

F5 Copy

F6 Move Files

F7 Create Folder

F8 Delete

TAB switch between windows (ALT+Shift in side by side mode)

Text Editor

SHIFT Select text

CTRL-C Copy

CTRL-V Paste

CTRL-U Undo (not perfectly implemented)

CTRL-R Redo (not perfectly implemented)

CTRL-G Goto line number

CTRL-F find text (case sensitive) (use F3 to skip through the results)