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joe is the professional freeware ASCII text screen editor for UNIX.
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1997-11-15 00:04:24 +00:00
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It makes full use of the power and versatility of UNIX, but lacks the steep
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learning curve and basic nonsense you have to deal with in every other UNIX
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editor. joe has the feel of most IBM PC text editors: The key-sequences are
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reminiscent of WordStar and Turbo-C. joe is much more powerful than those
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editors, however. joe has all of the features a UNIX user should expect:
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full use of termcap/terminfo, excellent screen update optimizations (joe is
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1997-11-15 00:04:24 +00:00
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fully useable at 2400 baud), simple installation, and all of the
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2001-01-17 18:36:33 +00:00
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UNIX-integration features of vi.
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