OS/2 comes with the Enhanced Editor (EPM).
GNU Emacs 19.27 is available.It supports PM windows, VIO windows and full-screen sessions. Emacs is available on cdrom.com in os2/2_x/unix/gnu/emacs. (If you want to recompile emacs, you will need the full emx distribution; see question 1.2.) Also, you must have HPFS installed to use GNU emacs. You can read, write, and edit files that exist on a DOS partition, but you must have GNU emacs installed on an HPFS partition.
Several public-domain vi clones are available, including elvis, Stevie and levee. The MKS Toolkit also includes vi.
Many other text editors are available.
Epsilon, by Luguru, (412) 421-5678. DOS upgrade to OS/2 is $90. Character based editor.
QEdit 3.0, by SemWare, (404) 641-9002. Character based editor. Supports long filenames and extended attributes. Semware can be reached by EMail: tech.support@semware.atl.ga.us or sales@semware.atl.ga.us.
Brief, KEDIT, others? [Vendors, phone numbers, prices?]
EHP, a text mode editor, was recently ported by Axel Uhl to PM, and is available on cdrom.com.
THE (The Hessling Editor), is a free text-mode editor, based on IBM's VM/CMS XEDIT and Mansfield Software's KEDIT. THE has full REXX macro capabilities. Versions also exist for DOS and most Unices.
BOXER 6.0 for OS/2. Shareware and commercial versions available. Some features; multi-level undo, multiple windows, syntax highlighting. Commercial version priced at $89. Boxer Software can be contacted at; phone: 800-982-6937, Internet: 70242.2126@compuserve.com
Slick for DOS/Windows, by MicroEdge.
Visual Slickedit for OS/2, by MicroEdge. Price: $295 (US).
Preditor/2 V2.1, by Compuware Corp.. Introductory price: $149 /US). Demo version available at ftp.cdrom.com.
ZED for OS/2. PM-based editor with lots of features. Shareware. Available
at hobbes.nmsu.edu:/os2/editors or ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/os2/incoming.