From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX"  9-APR-1993 20:29:39.02
To:	Info-VAX@KL.SRI.COM
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Subj:	JED 0.90 with complete UNDO available

Hi,

   Version 0.90 of JED editor is now available.  JED runs on Unix,
VMS, and an IBMPC under MSDOS providing emacs and EDT emulation on all the
above platforms.

   The last publically released (non-beta) version of JED was 0.83.  I
consider JED 0.90 to be a dramatic improvement over previous versions.  It
differs in 0.83 in many respects, the most notable being:

   1.  Complete UNDO!
   2.  Loads up to 3 times faster.
   3.  EDT support on IBMPC with Numlock key as GOLD
   4.  Current line number can put on status line (LINENUMBERS variable)
   5.  EDT like [EOB] available if you want it (WANT_EOB variable)
   6.  Support for Wordstar emulation
   7.  S-Lang (extension language) can be forced to give a traceback upon
       errors. (useful for debugging)
   8.  Much improved documentation (see jed.doc)
   9.  Several new intrinsics added to langauge.
   10. Edits binary files.
   11. Able to run in batch mode  (jed -batch ...)
      
What is JED: JED is an EMACS inspired editor which was originally written
for use on a PC but was developed under Ultrix.  In addition to providing
some of the functionality/look/feel of EMACS, it also has an EDT emulation
mode for the small keypad as well as the application keypad.  I have had
several people describe the EDT mode as ``excellent''.  One person has even
remarked that it is better than the emulation Emacs provide.  Many people
have commented that JED is much better than the *emacs* editors for the PC.

JED is 8 bit clean.  All its word functions work on DOS code pages 850 and
437 as well as the ISO-Latin 1 character set.  This includes word movement
commands and upper/lower case conversions.

Jed also has a builtin C mode for edting C files.  I have written Fortran
and DCL modes for programming support in these languages as well.  Of
course, JED also supports most of the features of other editors.  These
include:

    1. Autosaving and backup files
    2. word wrap
    4. Line centering
    5. uppercase, lowercase, capitalization of words
    6. paragraph formatting
    7. Centering text
    8. parenthesis blinking and matching
    9. extensible-- define your own keys/functions
   10. multiple windows and buffers
   12. Search/replace
   13. Cut paste
   14. Keyboard macros
   15. filename/buffer completion
   16. sorting
   
and alot more....

JED is not perfect.  It supports VT102 compatable terminals.  These
include: most terminal emulators; VT2xx, Vt3xx, ... terminals; XTERM as well
as DECterm.  In fact I would guess that 90% of all terminals support the
VT102 functionality.  I could add termcap support for the other 10% fo the
terminals (adm3a, etc...) but again, I developed JED as a PC editor.
However, I liked it so much that I have ported it to other systems as well.

Jed may be obtained via anonymous ftp from amy.tch.harvard.edu in the
pub/jed directory.  Jed is distributed in three forms:

1.  jed090.tar.Z      unix distribution
2.  jed090.zip        MSDOS distribution with jed.exe
3.  jed090.*_of_*     multi-part VMS share

Building JED requires a C compiler which understands function prototypes. I
have successfully compiled JED under Ultrix with cc, IRIX on an SGI with cc,
and SunOS using gcc as well as BCC under MSDOS.  I do not guarantee that JED
will compile on all unix systems right out of the box. 

Any questions/ comments/ bug reports should be sent to me at the address:
davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu.

Enjoy.
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