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- From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
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- Subject: Re: J (Joe's Editor) New Release
- Message-ID: <1991Aug25.003218.22146@rand.org>
- Date: 25 Aug 91 00:32:18 GMT
- References: <1991Aug22.043934.1087@wpi.WPI.EDU> <ROCKWELL.91Aug22075406@socrates.umd.edu>
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- In article <ROCKWELL.91Aug22075406@socrates.umd.edu> rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) writes:
- >Randolph Carter (nee. Joseph H. Allen):
- > Release 0.0.0 of 'J' (Joe's Editor): This release supersedes all previous
- > versions which lack a release number. Note that this program was previously
- > called 'E' but the name has been changed ('E' turns out to be one of the
- > synonyms for 'vi').
- >
- >You might want to think again.
- >
- >'J' is a computer language.
-
- And before you think of going back to E, it happens to be the name of
- "The RAND Editor", a full-screen editor that goes back to the
- 1970's... The latter, by the way, is entirely public-domain; none of
- this copyleft nonsense.
-
- E used to be part of the MH distribution. I think some folks at Purdue
- have taken it over (it is now up to version 20 or so). For folks who
- just want a WYSIWYG editor for 7-bit ASCII ( :-) ), it is worth
- considering. You should be able to get it anywhere you can get MH
- (alas, not here).
-
- -Ed Hall
- edhall@rand.org
-