StarFury Editors...

[Campeador]

You are correct; an editor that only uses notepad for all would have been nice. At least there is ‘SF Slot Modder’ to make things a little easier. But like making a mod, some one with the know how and free time needs to step in to make the software to create the editor.
Due to the age of the game, if some one can make an editor that can be apply to both SF and SE then it would be more enticing.
But in the mean time, we do with what we have. I have done so far over 50 ships. Yes, a slow and time consuming process to set everything right with the ships. But once you are done with the graphics, setting up the campaigns and maps is easy, and fun.