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From: ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: aXe-4.0
Summary: aXe-4.0 up and running in 386BSD
Keywords: x-window editor aXe-4.0
Message-ID: <1n1ilqINNea5@shelley.u.washington.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 93 06:19:38 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington
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After yesterdays post about the release of aXe-4.0 x-window editor, I
grabbed source code at export.lcs.mit.edu in contrib/aXe-4.0.tar.Z. It built
without a flaw. Just xmkmf make make install make install.man! VERY NICE
I've been using aXe-3.1 and I'm was very happy. A brief clip from the
readme file follows:
aXe is a simple to use text editor for X that represents a significant
improvement over xedit. Also built around the Athena Text Widget it
features, amongst other things,
o multiple windows
o multiple buffers
o default menu interface
o optional button interface, with choice and layout of buttons
under user control
o minibuffer for expert use and access to external filters
o provision for defining a keyboard macro
o geometry specification and resizing in terms of characters
o file selection via a browser
o knowledge of line numbers
o parenthesis matching
o regular expression searching
o ability to change font
o easy entry of control codes
o xterm-like keymap feature
o easy runtime setting of selected preferences (resources)
o both brief and comprehensive on-line help
o server mode with cooperating client programs
o optional extension language using Tcl
o optional Xaw3d widget set compatability
o collection of reusable widgets that embody the functionality of aXe
aXe is available by anonymous ftp from export.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.12)
and arjuna.newcastle.ac.uk (128.240.150.1) initially, and probably in
due course from several other ftp sites. Check your nearest using
xarchie.
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Mark Ganter/Univ of Washington/Dept of Mech Engr/FU-10/Seattle,WA 98195 USA
ganter@u.washington.edu