QD was and is one of the best text editors available for the QL. In fact when I do work on QL software I almost exclusively use it, often more than 10 windows at the same time. According to the copyright it was first released in 1988, so basically on its 30th birthday, I can now provide this nice piece of software for free thanks to permission of its author Jochen Merz.
I improved the compatibility to the QL 4-colour mode a little bit (by allowing the mode 4 editor colours to be configured separately) and allowed myself to call this version “QD 2018”. Enjoy!
QD2018_b07.zip (version B.07)
QD2018_manual.pdf
QBASIC.zip (QLiberator interface for QD)
; B.07 Fixed crash when QD window was configured too big to fit on screen (MK) ; B.06 Fixed print menu when "use driver" is configured (MK) ; B.05 Implemented per-extension editor-usage (configurable) (MK) ; Fixed BASIC usage for DEFine FuNction (MK) ; Fixed colours in replacement confirmation dialog (MK) ; Fixed DO on resize to keep the x window size (MK) ; Bottom right corner stays where it is on normal resize (MK) ; Allow CTRL+Z (mark current line) in read-only mode (MK) ; B.04 Further fix to B.03 (MK) ; B.03 Fixed LRESPR (thing) mode on QemuLator (MK) ; B.02 Separate editor colours for QL mode in configuration (MK) ; B.01 Problems with char-select solved. ; B.00 High colour version. ; \Q parameter: CTRL x (Quit) is working in addition to ESC. ; Real-time usage highlight implemented for all variations. ; "Update usage" removed from menu and from CTRL F10. ; CTRL F10 is now goto marker/marker menu. ; DO on resize goes to maximum height, not full-screen. ; \# parameter introduced: palette number 0 to 3 are valid. ; "Insert scrap" in context menu.