joe-2.9.7

Introduction to joe

Download location (HTTP):       http://unc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/joe-editor/joe-2.9.7.tgz
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Version used:                   2.9.7
Package size:                   272 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  2.2 MB

Joe is a small text editor capable of emulating WordStar, Pico, and Emacs.

Installation of joe

Install joe by running the following commands:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Configuration files

Joe can make use of several configuration files. Information about these files may be found in the joe man page. These files are /etc/jmacsrc, /etc/joerc, /etc/jpicorc, /etc/jstarrc, and /etc/rjoerc. Joe can also make use of ~/.joerc, which may be copied from /etc/joerc and customized for each user's taste.

Contents

The joe package contains jmacs, joe, jpico, jstar, rjoe and termidx.

Description

jmacs

jmacs is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Emacs emulation mode.

joe

joe is a small text editor capable of emulating WordStar, Pico, and Emacs.

jpico

jpico is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Pico emulation mode.

jstar

jstar is a symbolic link to joe used to launch WordStar emulation mode.

rjoe

rjoe is a symbolic link to joe that restricts joe to editing only files which are specified on the command line.

termidx

termidx is a program used by joe to generate the termcap index file.