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- Anthony's Editor July 93
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- Copyright 1993, 1993 by Anthony Howe. All rights reserved. No warranty.
-
- WHAT'S NEW since AE April 93
-
- o Add recognition of ETCDIR environment variable as another
- possible location for the configuration file. This should
- be initial set in a system .profile in case some users
- neglect to provide their own editor configuration.
-
- The original AE, in its obfuscated form, won "Best Utility" in the
- 1991 International Obfuscated C Code Contest. Since that contest, AE
- has been revised and extended in order to try new ideas and provide
- better functionality, while still retaining a simple interface and
- modualar design.
-
- The distribution composes of several files. Below is a list of the
- files in this distribution:
-
- readme This file.
- ae.man Manual reference and installation guide.
- copying Public License
-
- makefile Source makefile suitable for Make or AM.
- command.c AE source.
- data.c "
- display.c "
- gap.c "
- key.c "
- main.c "
- header.h "
- key.h "
-
- mode.rc Sample configuration file modual style.
- modeless.rc Sample configuration file modeless style (ansi keys).
-
- AE merges two schools of thought by providing both VI style (modual)
- and EMACS style (modeless) editing interfaces. Users can configure the
- command-key bindings and the help text for either style.
-
- AE is simple enough that anyone can modify it to add features. The
- source is free. People are welcome to use and modify personal copies
- (see the "copying" file for more details).
-
- e.g.
- o Tutorials on the Buffer Gap Scheme and/or editor design.
- o A basis for an editor that can be built into a project.
- o An editor for novice users.
-
- AE has been know to compile on a wide variety of machines and compilers
- like BSD and System V Unix with GNU C, PC mahcines with WatCom C or Turbo C,
- and ATARI ST machines with Sozobon C. Any machine that provides at least
- K&R C and a CURSES library should have no trouble getting AE to compile.
-
- See the INSTALLATION section of the manual on how to build AE. Also
- take note of the BUG section of the manual.
-
- Anthony Howe
- ant@mks.com
-
-
- PS. Available upon request is AM, Anthony's Make, winner of "Best
- Utility" in the 1992 International Obfuscated C Code Contest.
- Please specify either the entry or human-readable version.
-
- Also available upon request, Stdscr Curses for PC class
- machines. For those people who cannot find a suitable Curses
- library to link AE with or use for other small projects. This
- small Curses library supports only the standard full screen
- window, stdscr.
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