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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!newsreader.jvnc.net!lazlo From: jlucas@uvi.edu (John Lucas) Subject: Re: Borland-type editor anywhere? Message-ID: <Dr3D4C.87s@tigger.jvnc.net> Sender: news@tigger.jvnc.net (Zee News Genie) Organization: University of the Virgin Islands X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 References: <ADlbrKriXS@qsar.chem.msu.su> <vos-0805960913580001@nestb.biol.ruu.nl> Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 14:46:02 GMT Lines: 33 In article <vos-0805960913580001@nestb.biol.ruu.nl>, vos@neuretb.biol.ruu.nl (j vos) wrote: >In article <ADlbrKriXS@qsar.chem.msu.su>, eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su wrote: > >> Hi all! >> I wonder if someone somewhere has got around to writing a Borland/Norton- >> style editor for (text-mode) Unix (FreeBSD, in particular). Yeah, I know I >> will now start getting flames saying what a dummy I am for not using >> vi/emacs/etc. > > > <BRUTAL SNIP> > >You should definitly try JOE. This acronym stands for 'Joe's Own Editor' >and this software is written by a guy named Joseph H. Allen (I assume he >is colloqially known as Joe -- just guessing...) It is an editor that has >the ability to be tuned so to mimic different editors -- like pico, emacs >(I know, I know, you don't want this one) star and my favourit one: Borland's >TC/BC editor. >Now you have one problem: I can't find out where I obtained JOE. (A quick >archie-search didn't do any good for me). The documentation does mention >the creator's email address, which is: jhallen@world.std.com. >I suppose you could contact him this way. > >As for me, my slogan is: Edit at Joe's! > I found it in the ports collection (/usr/ports/editors/joe). | John Lucas jlucas@uvi.edu | | Academic Computing NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.uvi.edu/jlucas.html |