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From: ganter@carson.u.washington.edu (Mark Ganter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: port of aXe-5.0 to [386BSD & NetBSD] an X-windows editor
Date: 23 May 1993 06:02:55 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
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Summary: port of aXe-5.0 + aXe info sheet
Keywords: aXe-5.0, 386BSD, NetBSD, X-windows, editor
I have built and tested the latest version of aXe-5.0 for 386BSD and
NetBSD with XFree86-1.1/1.2. To build aXe, you simply xmkmf,make,
su,make install,make install.man,make clean. An extraction from the
ABOUT file from aXe is posted below:
====================================================================
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 restricted or unlimited undo
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.ncl.ac.uk (128.240.150.1) initially, and probably in due
course from several other ftp sites. Check your nearest using
xarchie.
aXe is brought to you by: Jim Wight / J.K.Wight@newcastle.ac.uk
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Mark Ganter/Univ of Washington/Seattle,WA 98195 USA/ganter@u.washington.edu