From: MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 2-MAR-1993 02:19 2-MAR-1993 02:19:00.00
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Subj: JED 0.83 available
Hi,
[This is the last time I will announce the editor on the OS specific
news groups. Rather, I will deal almost exclusively with my mailing
list. So please drop me a line if you want on the mailing list.]
I am announcing the release of version 0.83 JED editor. JED runs on Unix,
VMS, and an IBMPC under MSDOS.
Version 0.83 is the first non-Beta version following 0.80. Hence, all
bugs reported in 0.80 have been fixed. Version 0.83 differs from 0.80 in
many respects. Here are some features of 0.83:
1. Support for European character sets: ISO-Latin 1, DOS 437 and DOS 850.
This means ALL word operations should work on these character sets,
e.g., skip_word, uppercase, lowercase, etc.... From all indications,
JED finally appears to be eight bit clean.
2. Much better documentation explaining many things (macros, rectangles,
unix mail, ...)
3. Overwrite and Read Only Modes
4. User definable Tab stops (Not just fixed width tabs)
5. Incremental Searches
6. More hooks added.
7. Recall previous commands in minibuffer with up/down arrow keys
8. Defaults changed which make the editor friendlier for new users
Information about obtaining JED follows near the end of this document.
What is JED: JED is an EMACS inspired editor which was originally written
for use on a PC but was developed under Ultrix. In addition to providing
some of the functionality/look/feel of EMACS, it also has an EDT emulation
mode for the small keypad as well as the application keypad. I have had
several people describe the EDT mode as ``excellent''. One person has even
remarked that it is better than the emulation Emacs provide. Many people
have commented that JED is much better than the *emacs* editors for the PC.
Please note--- although the EDT mode will work on a pc, you have to map the
keys yourself since I cannot find the `Application keypad' on my PC.
However, if you use MSKermit as a terminal emulator, and you are used to the
way it maps the EDT keypad, let me know and I will duplicate that for you.
(I have just noticed that the new version of Kermit for PC comes with a TSR
program that allows the numlock key to look like the gold key on the VTxxx
terminals. Perhaps later I will look into this program for those wanting EDT
for the PC.)
Jed also has a builtin C mode for edting C files. I have written Fortran
and DCL modes for programming support in these languages as well. Of
course, JED also supports most of the features of other editors. These
include:
1. Autosaving and backup files
2. word wrap
4. Line centering
5. uppercase, lowercase, capitalization of words
6. paragraph formatting
7. Centering text
8. parenthesis blinking and matching
9. extensible-- define your own keys/functions
10. multiple windows and buffers
12. Search/replace
13. Cut paste
14. Keyboard macros
15. filename/buffer completion
16. Mail interface for VMS and unix.
and alot more....
JED is not perfect. It supports VT102 compatable terminals. These
include: most terminal emulators; VT2xx, Vt3xx, ... terminals; XTERM as well
as DECterm. In fact I would guess that 90% of all terminals support the
VT102 functionality. I could add termcap support for the other 10% fo the
terminals (adm3a, etc...) but again, I developed JED as a PC editor.
However, I liked it so much that I have ported it to other systems as well.
Jed may be obtained via anonymous ftp from amy.tch.harvard.edu in the
pub/jed directory. Jed is distributed in three forms:
1. jed083.tar.Z unix distribution
2. jed083.zip MSDOS distribution with jed.exe
3. jed083.*_of_24 24 part VMS share
Building JED requires a C compiler which understands function prototypes. I
have successfully compiled JED under Ultrix with cc, IRIX on an SGI with cc,
and SunOS using gcc as well as BCC under MSDOS. I do not guarantee that JED
will compile on all unix systems right out of the box. I also have the
binaries for VMS (compiled under 5.4), Sun4, and ultrix. They are named:
vms-jed.exe, sun4-jed.Z, ultrix-jed.Z. The compressed ones need uncompress
and a possible `chmod +x'.
Any questions/ comments/ bug reports should be sent to me at the address:
davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu.
Enjoy.
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