Expert: Prince M. Premnath - 6/6/2009

Question
Respected sir,
I wanted to develop a text editor code as part of my college project but i have no idea of such a thing.
At the same time, I want to develop it myself without copying it from anywhere for my learning.
please help me and guide me in this process thereby providing me the complete process(or algorithm) and suggest any online e-book etc for reference.

Sir, I was thining that it would be better if first I develop a basic one and then move to a complex one as that would provide me thorough knowledge on this topic so that I can even debate over it.

Thanks

Regards
Abhay
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Answer
Hai Dear Abhay!

Describing all the aspects of the editor requires steady background of system programming , specially with file system , console management , and even keyboard handling and finally text processing.

if you look for all in one just you need a copy of the famous book "PROJECTS IN C " by yashavanth Kanethkar , you will find all things clear and detail , you will find complete code for a DOS based text editor and even a executable too !

Once after grabbing all the conceptual contents , you can easily convert your C Code to C++.

If you are looking for some other things beyond what i've  mentioned now just post me a follow up will send you some alternate codes and links !



All the best!
Prince M. Premnath