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         Emacs Implementations and Literature

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Changes and additions to:            last posted 1995-02-14
    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 and WWW.  See above URLs.

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 LAST CHANGED/VERIFIED line contains the date that the entry was
last changed or an explict "looks ok to me" was received.  This field
was added 1994-12-20, so all entries were initialized to that value.

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  It is probably out of date.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.  If the software is
distributed as a pre-compiled binary, this should be the language that
the program was written in.

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:

- "UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.

- "IBM PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows implementations.

(Starting Dec 1994 the list will support an additional level of detail
for IBM PCs.)

- "DOS" refers to MS/DOS support.  May also run under Windows or OS/2
in some mode.
- "Windows" refers to Microsoft Windows support.
- "OS/2" refers to to OS/2 support.

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
Japanese language edition: 4-938704-26-9 Y3600 paper

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
        19 for Unix Users, Edition 2.01, June 1993
Author(s):    Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman and the GNU
        Manual Group
Pubisher:    Free Software Foundation
Size:        748pp + 18pp index
ISBN:        1-882114-20-5
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 19, June 1993
Author(s):    Richard Stallman
Pubisher:    Free Software Foundation
Size:        392pp +14pp index
ISBN:        1-882114-02-7
Price:        free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF

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

name: GNU-Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 19.27
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
        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++)
        ftp.uu.net
        archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
        ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs (slightly
            modified version for OS/2: its support for
            the Workplace Shell is better than regular
            support for X and it supports the OS/2 help
            system; no X support
    binaries only:
        ftp.demon.co.uk:pub/ibmpc/editors/emacs19.24
        ftp.imada.ou.dk:pub/mirrors/msdos/emacs-19.24
    VMS:
    ftp://ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se/GNU-VMS/Beta/EMACS-19_22-********.TAR-GZ.
        (where ******** is the release date of the kit)
        info at: http://www.e.kth.se/elev/levitte/gnu/emacs.html
    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: You can also obtain tapes and CD-ROM distributions from the FSF.

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

name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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/*
    also many SIMTEL echo sites
note: Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly 18.57).
You may wish to check out OEmacs, GNU-Emacs v19.23 or later, or NTEmacs.


name: EDMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1975
version: 165
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
    Richard M. Stallman
    MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
    545 Technology Square
    Cambridge MA 02139
    USA
note: this is the original
free, anonymous FTP from
    ?


name: Emacs for NeXTstep
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1994-04-24
version: 4.0
base language: Objective C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Any hardware/software which GNU Emacs
    19.22 runs on in general.  To use the added NeXTstep features
    requires NeXTstep 3.x or later (for best results 3.2 or later)
    on any hardware platform supported by NeXTstep.
organization/author:
    Carl Edman
    Department of Physics
    Princeton University
    Princeton NJ 08540
    USA
    [e-mail]
free anonymous FTP:
    - Binary package for m68k and i386 NeXTstep machines on
      ftp.cs.orst.edu in
      pub/next/binaries/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.pkg.tar.gz.
    -  Source on ftp.cs.orst.edu in
      pub/next/sources/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.0.src.tar.gz.
note: Emacs for NeXTstep 4.0 is a superset of GNU Emacs 19.22 with
which it shares most of the code.  The main change is that this Emacs
supports the NeXTstep window system on the same level as GNU Emacs
supports the X window system.  It continues to fully support the X
window system as well.


name: Epoch
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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]
free, anonymous FTP from
    cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*
Note: this is a modified GNU Emacs.  Has been merged with Lucid emacs.


name: evi
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1988-01-01
version: 0.1
base language: any vi editor itself
implementation language: UNIX Bourne shell,
    vi key mappings and vi command files
extension language: vi key mappings and vi command files
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: a vi editor that can map keys and
    read command files
organization/author:
    Bo Thide', of the Swedish Inst. of Space Physics
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous ftp from
    ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/text-processing/vi/macros/evi.tar.Z
This is a set of vi macros that does a fairly full Emacs implementation.


name: Freemacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-21
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, UNIX, HP95LX, HP100LX
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 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/freyja23.exe    (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
        import/fin/freyja23.tar    (UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyja23.tar.gz (gzip'ed UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyj23s.exe (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
        import/fin/freyj23s.tar (UNIX tar file)
        import/fin/freyj23s.tar.gz (gzip'ed UNIX tar file)
    eddie.mit.edu
        distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyja23.*
        distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyj23s.*
note: optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)


name: GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.14b1
base language: C  (Symantec 7.0 - full, not online upgrade)
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh, System 7
organization:
    ?
free, anonymous FTP from:
        ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet
note: based on 18.59


name: Hemlock
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-21
original distribution: ?
version: 0.97.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: S-Lang
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, X11, VMS, DOS, OS/2
organization/author:
    John E. Davis
    [phone]
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed097-1.tar.gz
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed097-1.tar.Z
    amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed097-1.zip


name: JOE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: C?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
    Joseph H Allen
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    ftp.std.com in src/editors/joe2.0.tar.Z


name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.16.beta
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
    cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove.*.*
    also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
note: see also Tovj


name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1986
version: 3.0
base language: C
implementation language: Mutt
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
    languages, 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/me3.shar.Z, pub/pub/me3.exe


name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1986
version: 2b
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:
    Mike Meyer
    [e-mail]
but contact:
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    gatekeeper.pa.dec.com in rom/fred-fish/FF_DISKS/100-199/FF147.LZH


name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.12
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
    HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
    Data General AOS/VS, Apple IIgs
    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 5:50pm and 8am
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)


name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, NT
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, Thai, Vietnamese 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
    etlport.etl.go.jp in /pub/mule
        Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <[e-mail]>
    ftp.mei.co.jp in /public/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
        Manager: Motohide Murakami <[e-mail]>
    sh.wide.ad.jp in /JAPAN/mule/mule-1.0
        Manager: Akira KATO <[e-mail]>
    ftp.funet.fi in /pub/gnu/emacs/mule
        Manager: Hannu Aronsson <[e-mail]>


name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: NotGNU
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: January 1993
version: 1.5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
requirements: DOS, Windows 3/NT, X11/OSF
organization/author:
    Julie Melbin
    P.O. Box 1007
    Groton MA 01450
    USA
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous ftp from
    netcom.com in /pub/notgnu/*
note: a mailing service and several mailing lists also exist; send
e-mail to `[e-mail]' containing the word `help' in
the message body. For current status, give the command `send info'.


name: NTEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1993?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, DEC Alpha, or MIPS running Windows NT
organization/author:
    Geoff Voelker
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    cs.washington.edu in /pub/ntemacs
note: NTEmacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 19.17
As of 10/8/94, a beta test version of Emacs 19.27 ported to Windows NT
    is available from june.cs.washington.edu:/pub/voelker/trial.
    The port will be merged into a forthcoming release of GNU Emacs.


name: OEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC or DESQview/X
organization/author:
    Darryl Okahata
    Internet: [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    any site that mirrors SIMTEL20's MS-DOS collection, such as
    oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/oemacs/
note: based upon GNU Emacs V19.19


name: Origami
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: TkEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: Tovj (Tom's own version of Jove), may be renatmed to Jat
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.6.14.32 patch-level 11
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
    Tom Hageman
    [e-mail]
    Karel Kubat
    [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from
    ftp.icce.rug.nl in pub/tom/jove/jove-4.6.14.32#11.tar.gz
    also other directories i the file


name: treemacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: XEmacs (nee Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs))
last changed/verified: 1994-12-21
original distribution: April 1992
version: 19.11
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
archived by Chuck Thompson, [e-mail]
free, anonymous FTP from:
    cs.uiuc.edu        pub/xemacs


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

name: ADEPT
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 5.6.3
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: TCL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
    Pete Keheler
    Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
    sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/text/alpha-563.hqx


name: amacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
acquired by Borland


name: CCA Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
sold to Intersolv, product name change to PVCS Professional Editor


name: Slick
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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')
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: Win-Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.35 (released October 1994)
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization:
    Pearl Software
    2000 Powell St. Suite 1200
    Emeryville CA 94608
    USA
    [phone]
    fax [phone]
    [e-mail]
    [e-mail] auto-replies with further information.
free DEMO version (nagware), anonymous FTP from:
             ftp.netcom.com:/pub/pearl/wemdemo*
note: This is derived from Lucid/GNU Emacs 19.6
also, while the Emacs port is free, the X/Windows emulation required
to run it is apparently *not*.  The version for anonymous ftp is a
demo nagware version.  Debatable whether it should be moved into the
"versions that cost" category.


name: ZMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)),
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: Leif
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
note: Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.


name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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: Scame
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
no longer available


name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
    doubly-recursive acronym)))
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
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!")