This is how the EDIT looks like:
It is not a complete imitation (the menus and the framing around the editing window are out). It is just the background color and the fonts, but it is good enough. And Dark Room allows for full screen mode, so it gets really distraction free as long as you resist the temptation to minimize the window because... well, then the distractions will be still all there, not too far away.
And here is how I managed to configure the Dark Room text editor to look like the EDIT environment:
If you are interested, this is what you need:
Latest version of Dark Room (click HERE or google for "Dark Room distraction free download" if link is not working).
Once installed, set font color for:
(OBS: these are my approximate colors, not an exact clone of the DOS Edit colors. Well enough for me, but maybe you can get the exact original ones somewhere... let me know).
Finally, the ingredient that was missing in all other "DOS Like" editors I found... the FONT. I am using: AcPlus IBM VGA 9x16, 24pt
You can find this font in THE OLDSCHOOL PC FONT RESOURCE.
The page of the old school PC fond resource:
PS: This post is not directly about naval engineering, but naval engineering is my nerdiest blog, so I thought this would be a good place to leave this.
