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Archive-name: emacs-implementations

         Emacs Implementations and Literature


Changes and additions to:            last posted 15 June 1993
    Craig A. Finseth            reposted about every 2 months

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This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list of
implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
editors.  You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
additional information and/or updates.

This document is also gradually acquiring the role of a repository of
(at least) Emacs-related history.  While that subject requires a book
to itself, this document will probably serve until someone (_not_ me!)
writes one.

This document is available via anonymous FTP from:

    mail.unet.umn.edu in import/fin/emacs

To be included in this list:

- a piece of literature should be a book, manual, article, paper, or
something that covers (or mentions) Emacs in particular or text
editing techniques in general.  Specifically excluded are items that
are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a book on "how to use vi") or
vendor manuals for Emacs implementations (as those are implicitly
included in the implementations).  Non-vendor (i.e., third party)
manuals are included.

- an implementation must either (1) be "advertised" as being an
Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and come with an Emacs command
set "mode" already written.  Editors that are extensible but do not
come with such a mode (i.e., you have to write it yourself) are not
listed.

The following information is included for each implementation:

The NAME line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name.  Acronym expansions
are listed in ()s.  Other acronyms:

    TECO    TAPE Editor and COrrector (later: Text Editor and COrrector)
    EMACS    Editor MACroS

The ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION is the date (or partial date) of the first
release.  It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.

The VERSION is the latest known version.  It is probably out of date.

The BASE LANGUAGE is the language that you need a compiler or
interpreter for in order to use the editor.

The IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE is the language that the bulk of the
implementation is written in.

The EXTENSION LANGUAGE is the (often custom or modified) language that
the is used when altering or writing extensions to the implementation.
It is "none" if there is no extension language.

The SCOPE is either "command set" or "extensible."  In the first case,
the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however the user
cannot readily change what the commands do.  In the second case, the
user can fully control what all of the commands do.

The REQUIREMENTS is a brief characterization of what hardware or
software is required.  The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
selection key; not be a comprehensive list.  You should consult the
implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out whether a
specific implementation works in your environment.  For example, "IBM
PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows implementations and
"UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.

The ORGANIZATION is the name of and contact information for the
implementor.

The STATUS is one of

    - no longer available: Self-explanatory.

    - free: The implementation is available to most people at no
    charge.  Even such "free" implementations may have
    restrictions: consult information about the particular
    implementation.  Where available, information on how to obtain
    a copy is also listed.

    - not free: The implementation is for sale.  Contact the
    vendor for specifics.

Many of the names of the implementations in this list are trademarked.
Specific trademarks are not called out.

Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
Source availability varies among the not free implementations: check
with the vendor before you buy.

     -------------------- Literature --------------------

Title:        Learning Gnu Emacs
Author(s):    Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher:    O'Reilley and Associates, Inc.
Size:        442pp, 13 chapters, 8 appendices
ISBN:        0-937175-84-6
Price:        $27.95

Title:        The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Author(s):    Craig A. Finseth
Publisher:    Springer-Verlag
Size:        220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
ISBN:        0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
Price:        $39.95

Title:        GNU Emacs Reference
Author(s):    Dennis Gentry
Publisher:    Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
        P.O. Box 55549
        Seattle WA 98155
        USA
        [phone]
        [phone] fax
        151208415 telex
        [e-mail]
Size:        18pp, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"
ISBN:        0-916151-59-X
Price:        $4.50

Title:        The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
        18 for Unix Users, Edition 1.02, June 1990
Author(s):    Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, and the GNU Manual Group
Pubisher:    Free Software Foundation
Size:        562pp, 34 chapters, 6 appendices
ISBN:        none
Price:        free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF

Title:         Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Author(s):    Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Consultants:    Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
Publisher:    Hayden Books (SAMS)
Size:        ?
ISBN:        ?
Price:        $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN

Title:        GNU Emacs:  UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Author(s):    Michael Schoonover, John Bowie, and Bill Arnold
Pubisher:    Addison-Wesley / HP Press
Size:        640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
ISBN:        0-201-56345-2
Price:        ?

Title:        GNU Emacs Manual, Seventh Edition, Version 18, September 1987
Author(s):    Richard Stallman
Pubisher:    Free Software Foundation
Size:        284pp, 29 chapters, 7 appendices, includes refernce card
ISBN:        none
Price:        free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF

           ---------- GNU-Emacs ----------

name: GNU-Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:P 18.59
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST
organization:
    Free Software Foundation
    675 Massachusetts Ave
    Cambridge MA  02139
    USA
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from:
        prep.ai.mit.edu
        scam.berkeley.edu
        itstd.sri.com
        wuarchive.wustl.edu
        wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (under `PD:<UNIX.GNU>')
        bu.edu
        louie.udel.edu
        nic.nyser.net
        ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp
        funic.hut.fi
        sunic.sunet.se
        freja.diku.dk
        gatekeeper.dec.com
        mango.miami.edu (VMS G++)
        cc.utah.edu (VMS GNU Emacs)
        uunet.uu.net
        archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
        ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs (slightly
            modified version for OS/2)
    on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet
    on UUCP, contact one of:
        hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
        hqda-ai!merlin
        uunet!hutch!barber
        sun!nosun!illian!darylm
        oli-stl!root
        bigtex!james
        [e-mail]
        [e-mail] (or osu-cis!uucp)
    Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
    the news group comp.sources.d
note: The MS-DOS port is known as Demacs (see below).


    ---------- Implementations Available For No Charge ----------

name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
original distribution: ?
version: Feb 92
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
organization/author:
    Anthony Howe
    Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
    35 King St N
    Waterloo Ontario
    Canada N2J 6W9
    [e-mail]
free, periodically posted to Comp.editors


name: AMIS
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Pascal
implementation language: Pascal
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
organization/author:
    Stacken Computer Club
    c/o NADA
    S-100 44 Stockholm
    Sweden
    [e-mail]
note: the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is the
"ae" glyph).  "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk, or
deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who told
me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a
    1/2 inch, 2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage
VMS version is $1000 US (the money supports their DEC10 museum)


name: Demacs
original distribution: 1992?
version: 1.2.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, 386 or better, MS-DOS
organization/author:
    Manabu Higashida
    Osaka University
    JAPAN
    [e-mail]

    HIRANO Satoshi
    University of Tokyo
    Japan
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
    utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
note: Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly 18.57).


name: EDMACS
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: TECO
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
organization/author:
    Michael Bloom
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z (in subdir "11-737" of tar image)
DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)


name: Edwin
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: CScheme
implementation language: CScheme
extension language: CScheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, 386-DOS
organization/author:
    Scheme Distribution
    c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
    545 Technology Sq. Room 410
    Cambridge MA 02139
    USA
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
also, check out other Scheme implementations


name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1g
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
organization/author:
    Ken Harrenstein
        c/o SRI International
        333 Ravenswood Ave
        Menlo Park CA  94025
        USA
        [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
        nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)


name: Emacs
original distribution: 1976?
version:
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
    MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
    545 Technology Square
    Cambridge MA 02139
    USA
note: this is the original
free, anonymous FTP from
    mc.lcs.mit.edu in its/ai/emacs/*, its/ai/emacs1/*


name: Epoch
original distribution: ?
version: 4.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Urbana-Champaign IL
    USA
    [e-mail]
    uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
    [e-mail]
notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
    cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*


name: Freemacs
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6a
base language: 8086 assembler
implementation language: 8086 assembler
extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
    P(MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    Russell Nelson
    11 Grant Street
    Potsdam NY 13676
    USA
free,
Internet: anonymous FTP from
    simtel20.army.mil from PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>
    grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129] in /pub/msdos/freemacs
BBS:
    [phone] - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
    No registration required to download Freemacs.
Bitnet and UUCP:
    Send mail to [e-mail].  You may use
    archive-server%sun.soe@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
    {smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
    UUCP.  The mail message should consist of 'help'.  If you do not
    get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken.
    You'll need to use the path command to give a mail address that
    our mailer can grok.  Our mailer can send mail to any address
    with an '@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP"
    pseudo-addresses.
Mail:
    $15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author.  This will
    assure you of the latest version.  Please specify floppy
    format: [5.25", 1.2 Meg], [5.25", 360K], [3.50", 720K]


name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
    Emacs, Yet Joins All)
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX, HP95LX
organization/author:
    Craig Finseth
    1343 Lafond
    St. Paul MN  55104-2437
    USA
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
free from the author, send either:
    1, 3 1/2" 1.44 MB or 2, 3 1/2" 720 KB or 5, 5 1/4" 360 KB diskettes
        and a SASE, or
    US$5.00, or
    4 blank 3 1/2" 1.44 MB diskettes
or anonymous FTP from:
    mail.unet.umn.edu in
        import/fin/freyja2.exe    (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
        import/fin/freyja2.tar    (UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyja2.tar.Z (compressed UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyja2.txt    (README file)
        import/fin/freyja2s.exe    (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
        import/fin/freyja2s.tar    (UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyja2s.tar.Z (compressed UNIX tar file)
    eddie.mit.edu
        distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyja2.*
note: optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)


name: Hemlock
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
organization/author:
    Scott Fahlman
    CMU Common Lisp project
    Carnegie-Mellon University
    USA
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    lisp-rt1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
    lisp-rt2.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
    (you must cd the complete path in one command)
also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp


name: JED
original distribution: ?
version: 0.60
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, VMS
organization/author:
    John E. Davis
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.tar.Z    unix distribution
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.zip    MSDOS distribution
        (with jed.exe, after 1PM est 11/20)
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.*_of_18    18 part VMS share


name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 4.14
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
    Jonathan Payne
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    2550 Garcia Ave
    Mountain View CA  94043
    USA
free, anonymous FTP from
    cayuga.cs.rochester.edu in pub/jove.*
    cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove.*.*
    comp.sources.[misc,unix] archives
    also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution


name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
    Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
organization/author:
    SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
    Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
    SONY
    Japan
note: Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i
free, anonymous FTP from
    ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
               or pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ


name: Leif
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
    The Saga Group
    Department of Computer Science
    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    1304 W. Springfield
    Urbana IL 61801
    USA
    [e-mail]
    {pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif
free, anonymous FTP from
    cs.uiuc.edu
note: Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.


name: Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 19.3
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization:
    Lucid, Inc.
    707 Laurel Street
    Menlo Park CA  94025-3440
    USA
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    labrea.Stanford.EDU in pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.1.tar.Z
                in pub/gnu/lucid/lemacs-19.1-sun4.tar.Z
    hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com in pub/pub/me2.shar.Z
also included with Lucid's Energize Programming System, a C/C++ environment
notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs, based on an early copy of version 19,
similar to Epoch.  It currently requires X11r4 or X11r5 to run.


name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
original distribution: ?
version: 2.5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
    Planguages, compiled external to the editor")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC, Atari
organization/author:
    Craig Durland
    3419 SW Knollbrook
    Corvallis OR 97333
    USA
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com in pub/pub/me2.shar.Z


name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 2a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
    OS/9-68K, Primos
organization/author:
    University of Texas
    USA
free, anonymous FTP from
    utadnx.cc.utexas.edu in MG2A.BCK_LZW


name: MicroEMACS
original distribution: ?
version: 3.11
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC,
    HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
    Data General AOS/VS
    kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
organization/author:
    Daniel M. Lawrence
    617 New York St
    Lafayette IN 47901
    USA
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
FIDO:  The Programmer's Room 201/10
    [phone]
    24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
    midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs3.11m/ue311m.arc.
    midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs311/*
    between the hours of 5pm and 8am
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)


name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
    [e-mail]
organization/author:
    Ken'ichi Handa
    Electrotechnical Lab.
    Machine Inference Section
    ElectroTechnical Laboratory
    Umezono 1-1-4
    Tsukuba City
    Japan 305
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
note: supports many scripts including most European languages, Japanese,
    Chinese, Korean, etc. in the same buffer.  Much of this may be
    incorporated into GNU Emacs 19.  Also ported to MS/DOS by
    the Demacs developer.
free, anonymous FTP from
    ?


name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 3.3.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
    [e-mail]
organization/author:
    Ken'ichi Handa
    Electrotechnical Lab.
    Machine Inference Section
    ElectroTechnical Laboratory
    Umezono 1-1-4
    Tsukuba City
    Japan 305
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail]
note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
    ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z


name: NILE
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
maintainer:
    whoever is maintaining NIL
organization/author:
    Richard Soley
free, anonymous FTP from
    ?


name: Origami
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6.6?
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: OCL (custom)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Linux, Amiga
origanization:
    Michael Haardt
    Ruetscherstrasse 155/1703
    5100 Aachen 1
    Germany
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from:
    ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de in linux/origami/*
Note:
Origami is a folding editor and can additionally process Inmos TDS
files, it comes with both emacs- and vi-style keybindings.


name: Scame
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
    Multihouse Automatisering bv
    c/o Johan Vromans
    Doesburgweg 7
    2803 PL Gouda
    the Netherlands
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]
note: loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy


name: TkEmacs
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: X11
organization/author:
    Sven Delmas
    TU Berlin
    Germany
    [e-mail]

    Juergen Nickelsen
    TU Berlin
    Germany
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from:
    barkley.berkeley.edu in /pub/tkemacs/
    coma.cs.tu-berlin.de in /pub/tkemacs/
note: TkEmacs is a text widget for Tcl/Tk using GNU Emacs 18.58. The
package contains XfEmacs, an application of the TkEmacs widget,
providing scrollbars, configurable drop-down menus, etc.


name: treemacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
    Vipin Swarup
    Dept. of Computer Science
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    USA
    [e-mail]
    USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
free, anonymous FTP from
    cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*
notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs 18.51.  It is GNU Emacs extended
to allow the direct editing of tree structures.


name: Win-Emacs
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.00.02 beta
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MS-DOS
organization:
    Pearl Software
    320 Lenox Ave
    Oakland CA 94610
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from:
        netcom.com in /pub/pearl/*
note: This is Lucid/GNU Emacs 19.4


    ---------- Implementations Sold by Vendors ----------

name: ADEPT
original distribution: ?
version:
base language:
implementation language:
extension language: yes, but not available to users
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
organization/author:
    Wang
    Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Alpha
original distribution: ?
version: 4.01
base language:
implementation language:
extension language:
scope of implementation:
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
    Pete Keheler
    Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
    sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/util


name: amacs
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0 Release 2.8
base language: 6502 assembler
implementation language: 6502 assembler
extension language: macros / loadable libraries (assembled)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Apple // with ProDOS
organization/author:
    Creative Thinking, Included
    Brian Fox
    [e-mail]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Brief
original distribution: ?
version: 3.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp or C (choice)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    Solution Systems
    Suite 410
    541 Main St
    South Weymouth MA 02190
    USA
    [phone]
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: CCA Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ELisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
    Uniworks Inc.
    P.O. Box K
    Suite 323
    Maynard MA 01754
    USA
    [phone]
    emacs!mau
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: E3
original distribution: ?
version: internal?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: REXX
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?/
organization/author:
    IBM Corp.
    ?
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
implementation language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Prime
organization/author:
    Prime Computer, Inc.
    24 Prime Park Way
    Natick MA  07160
    USA
    [phone]
    telex 174519
    telex [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: EMACS-TC
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
    AT&T Toolchest
    [phone], then login "guest"
    USA

    Warren A. Montgomery
    [phone]
    att!iexist!warren
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Epsilon
original distribution: ?
version: 6.0
base language: C
implementation language: EEL
extension language: EEL, a dialect of C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
    Lugaru Software Ltd.
    5843 Forbes Ave
    Pittsburgh PA 15217
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: EVE (Extensible VAX Editor)
base language: TPU
implementation language: TPU
extension language: TPU (Text Processing Utility)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
    Digital Equipment Corp.
    ?
    USA
    +1 ?
    ?
notes: (Courtesy of Juergen Nickelsen) It is not Emacs-like, but is
fully extensible. Source (TPU) is included. TPU is a programming
language for text processing, etc.  that is also bundled with VMS.  EVE
is the next best thing to GNU-Emacs on a VAX.


name: FrameMaker
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Macintosh
organization/author:
    Frame Technology Corp.
    1010 Rincon Circle
    San Jose CA 95131
    USA
    [phone]

    Frame Technology International Ltd.
    Unit 52 Airways Industrial Estate
    Cloghran
    Dublin 17
    Ireland
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Infinitor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: TPL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    Agranat Systems
    P.O. Box 191
    Weston MA 02193
    USA
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Interleaf
original distribution: ?
version: 5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
    Interleaf, Inc
    Prospect Place
    9 Hillside Ave
    Waltham MA  02154
    USA
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs) / PerfectWriter / The
    FinalWord / FinalWordII
original distribution: 1980
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none / key rebinding only  / key rebinding only/ custom
scope of implementation: command / command / command / extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M
organization/author:
    Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
    222 Third Street
    Cambridge MA  02139
    USA
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Multics Emacs
original distribution: 1978
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Honeywell Multics
organization:
    Bernard Greenberg
    Honeywell Bull
not free, contact vendor for price information

note from Carl Hoffman: Probably Multics Emacs' greatest claims to
    fame are (1) having been the first to popularize the notion of
    using a Lisp-like extension language which non-expert
    programmers could use and understand, and (2) originating
    certain constructs (e.g.  "save-excursion", etc.) which today
    survive in GNU Emacs.

note from Bernard Greenberg:
    Multics Emacs was implemented in Multics MacLisp, also known
    as Version 2 Lisp.  Multics Emacs was the first and only
    Multics Software Product in Lisp -- PL/I was the official
    system language.

    The notion of using Lisp for a mainframe product whose native
    language was not Lisp was radical at the time. I chose Lisp
    because of the possibility of implementing many small, cheap,
    modular, easily-replaceable functions (not a possibility in
    PL/I), having found this to be a major feature of an earlier
    private tool I implemented in Multics MacLisp.

    The notion of using Lisp on the Lisp machine (for Eine, and
    later Zwei) was a requirement, not an innovation.  It did not
    speak to the issues of the suitability of Lisp for such a task,
    nor to that of what would be the best language for such a task.
    The idea of -choosing- Lisp  for a mainframe editor implementation
    was innovated here.  The idea of augmenting Multics
    TECO, and that of writing a TECO-like editor gut in flat-out
    PL/I were rejected by me in favor of a Lisp program that
    implemented editor functionality.

    Inspired by the TECO in which EMACS (on ITS, then the only
    program using that name) was implemented, I designed a
    TECO-like control and "point" manipulation model in a Lisp
    framework, which I thought was natural and obvious, not at all
    similar to the buffer-pointer passing model of the Lisp
    Machine editors.  The natural combination of Lisp macrology
    and scoping with this type of model proved to be flexible,
    powerful, and appealing:  this model caught on, and
    is now the basis of everything in the world; the Lisp
    machine's did not.  The intellectual lineage of GNU Emacs, in
    these regards, comes directly from James Gosling's Emacs,
    which came directly from (and was credited to) Multics Emacs.

    I rank the significant innovations of Multics Emacs as:
    (1) Explicitly-designed extension languages, which could be
        understood and used by non-experts.
    (2) Lisp as an editor implementation language.
    (3) Lisp and Lisp-macros as an extension language.
    (4) A control regime and macrology, including many names
        (e.g., "save-excursion"), that have become today become
        semi-standard through GNU Emacs and other systems.

    Major extensions that became part of the product should also
    be credited to Richard Lamson, Gary Palter, and William York,
    who became my guerilla band, back then.


name: PMATE, ZMATE
original distribution: ?
version: PMATE (DOS) 4.0, PMATE (CP/M) 3.21, ZMATE (CP/M, Z-System) 1.0
base language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
implementation language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
extension language: MATE macro language (TECO-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M, Z-System
organization/author:
    original by Michael Aronson (MATE = Michael Aronson's Text Editor)
    ZMATE version by Bridger Mitchell and Jay Sage
    ZMATE available from:
        Sage Microsystems East
        1435 Centre Strt
        Newton MA 02159-2469
        USA
        [phone]
(Availability of PMATE for the PC is not certain at this time.  Sage
Microsystems may be able to offer it.)
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Sage Professional Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: custom, C- and Awk-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    Sage Software, Inc.
    1700 NW 167th Pl
    Beaverton OR 97006
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Slick
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Slick extension language, REXX-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    MicroEdge Inc.
    P.O. Box 2367
    Fairfax VA  22031
    USA
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: SPE Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    2550 Garcia Ave
    Mountain View CA  94043
    USA
    [phone]
    TLX 37 29639
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Sprint (in some countries 'Esprit')
original distribution: 1985?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
    Borland International
    1800 Green Hills Rd
    Scotts Valley CA  95067
    USA
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Sys-IX Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: macro
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
    System-IX (Networks) Ltd.
    55 Bedford Court Mansions
    Bedford Avenue
    London WC1B 3AD
    UK
    [phone]
    fax [phone]

    G.W. Computers Inc.
    4 Eagle Square
    East Boston MA  02128
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
note: may not be Emacs
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: Unipress Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
    Unipress Software Inc
    2025 Lincoln Hwy
    Edison NJ 08817
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    telex 709418
note: was Gosling's Emacs
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: VOS Emacs
original distribution: ?
version: 10
base language: PL/I
implementation language: PL/I
extension language: none
scope of implementation: modified command set
hardware requirements: Stratus XA, IBM System/88 or Olivetti CPS-32 computer
software requirements: VOS operating system
organization/author:
    Stratus Computer Inc.
    55 Fairbanks Blvd
    Marlboro MA  01752
    USA
    [phone]
    telex (294112) ANSBK STRA UR
not free, contact vendor for price information


name: ZMACS
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Symbolics
organization/author:
    Symbolics, Inc.
    8 New England Executive Park
    Burlington MA  01803
    USA
    [phone]
    [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(Now somewhere in Concord.)


name: ZMACS (TI Explorer Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Explorer
organization/author:
    Texas Instruments
    12501 Research Blvd
    Austin TX 78759
    USA
    [phone]
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


  ---------- Implementations That Are No Longer Available ----------

name: EINE (EINE is not Emacs (the first known recursive acronym)),
    ZWEI (Zwei Was Eine, Initially (the author knew German)),
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Lisp Machine
organization/author:
    MIT
    USA
no longer available
ZWEI eveolved into Zmacs and all of the Symbolics, Texas Instruments,
Lisp Machines, and related variants.



name: FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs)
original distribution: 1980?
version:
base language: BLISS
implementation language: BLISS
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: PDP-10
organization/author:
    Mike Kazar
    Carnegie Mellon University
    USA
no longer available


name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: PSL, Common LIsp
implementation language: PSL, Common LIsp
extension language: PSL, Common LIsp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: HP series 9000
organization/author:
    Hewlett-Packard
    old symbolic languages group?
no longer available


name: TORES (Text ORiented Editing System)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
    Jeffrey Schiller
    MIT
    USA
no longer available


name: PD Forthmacs System Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Forth?
implementation language: Forth?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari?
organization/author:
    Bradley Software
no longer available


name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
    doubly-recursive acronym)))
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: PL/1
implementation language: SINE (Lisp-like)
extension language: SINE (Lisp-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MagicSix on Perkin-Elmer 3200 series
organization/author:
    Owen "Ted" Anderson
    MIT Architecture Machine Group
    USA
no longer available


name: ue
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari ST
organization/author:
    [e-mail]
no longer available
Part of Gulam a public-domain shell.


name: VINE (Vine Is Not Emacs)
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: Fortran (!)
implementation language: Fortran
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
    Craig Finseth
    Texas Instruments
    Dallas TX
    USA
no longer available


name: Z80EMACS
original distribution: 1992?
version: 0.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CP/M
organization/author:
    Ralph Betza (FM),
    [e-mail]
    uunet!ssiny!gnohmon
free, anonymous FTP from:
    sibp.mit.edu in pub/z80/emacs/*
    Z80EMACS is a port of microemacs 3.6 to the CP/M operating
system.  Microemacs keeps all data in memory, and CP/M must live in a
64KB address space. By clever use of overlays and byte-squeezing and
tuning, Z80EMACS is able to edit files of size 30KB!
    microemacs 3.6 had no facility for remapping the keyboard
bindings.  Z80EMACS does it with an offline utility.
    Z80EMACS uses overlays extensively, but the most frequently
used commands are all either in the root segment or in one particular
overlay. Since this overlay is usually already in memory, performance
is quite good, even when running from floppies.
    Z80EMACS has the ability to edit multiple files, display
multiple windows, and do keyboard macros, among other things. This
makes it the spiffiest CP/M editor you could ever hope to see.
    Z80EMACS comes with source and binaries; it was compiled with
AZTEC C, which few CP/Mmers have, so the binaries are more likely to
be useful than the source.


name: none
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: HLH Orions
organization/author:
    Steven Zimmerman
no longer available
Dated 1983.  Described as a "distant descendant of the one written by
Warren Montgomery at Bell Labs.  Might be an early, non-commercial
version of CCA Emacs.


name: none
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1, 2.1 (?)
base language: C and 8088 assembler
implementation language: C and 8088 assembler
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, HP-150, TIPC
organization/author:
    Don P. Bennett, Jr.
    Hewlett Packard (when he wrote it)
no longer available
    This editor identifies itself as "Emacs", and has HP-style
soft labels for the first eight function keys hard-bound to "file
commands," "window commands," "buffer commands," etc.
    Versions 1.1 and 2.1 are known to exist.  Other versions may
also have escaped.  1.1 was written in Microsoft C and 8088 assembler
1.0 (or was that 2.0?) in about 1985.  2.1 was written using Microsoft
C 3.0 in about 1986.  All versions work quite usably, despite fatal
bugs in some commands.  (Memory limits and large files can cause
death, "ESC-digit" causes immediate death.)  ("If it dies when you do
that, stop doing it!")