Xref: wupost alt.sources:3883 comp.editors:3693 comp.unix.xenix.sco:4063 alt.religion.emacs:908 Newsgroups: alt.sources,comp.editors,comp.unix.xenix.sco,alt.religion.emacs Path: wupost!uunet!ftpbox!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!eecs.nwu.edu!matt From: matt@eecs.nwu.edu (Matt Larson) Subject: Re: J (Joe's Editor) New Release Message-ID: <1991Aug22.191606.11699@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Nntp-Posting-Host: avalon.eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: matt@acns.nwu.edu Organization: Academic Computing and Network Services, Northwestern University References: <1991Aug22.043934.1087@wpi.WPI.EDU> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1991 19:16:06 GMT Lines: 151 Chris, Did you catch this in alt.sources? I think that ``e'' is also known as ``j''. Matt In article <1991Aug22.043934.1087@wpi.WPI.EDU>, rcarter@wpi.WPI.EDU (Randolph Carter (nee. Joseph H. Allen)) writes: |> |> |> Release 0.0.0 of 'J' (Joe's Editor): This release supersedes all previous |> versions which lack a release number. Note that this program was previously |> called 'E' but the name has been changed ('E' turns out to be one of the |> synonyms for 'vi'). See below for list of bug fixes and new features. |> Find the 3 posts in alt.sources for the source |> |> Introduction |> |> 'J' is a small screen editor which was designed to be easy to use for |> novice users but also to be powerful and complete enough for experienced |> users. Several elements of its design are unique innovations. Here is a |> copy of the on-line help text to give you a feel for this editor: |> |> GO TO DELETE MISC BLOCK FIND QUOTE WINDOW |> ^B left ^F right ^D single ^T mode ^KB mark ^KF text ` Ctrl ^KO split |> ^Z word ^X word ^W >word ^R retype ^KK end ^L next ^\ bit-7 ^KI 1 / all |> ^A edge ^E edge ^O word< ^KA center ^KC copy ^KL line FILE ^KP up |> ^P up ^N down ^J >line ^KJ format ^KM move EXIT ^KD save ^KN down |> ^U page ^V page ^Y line ^KZ shell ^KW save ^KX save ^KR read ^KG grow |> ^KU top ^KV end ^K- undo ^K, indnt< ^KY kill ^C abort/ ^KT shrink |> ^G matching ([<{` ^K+ redo ^K. indnt> close window ^KE get file |> |> Other relevent features: |> |> * Extremely small - the XENIX version is only 58K |> |> * Help text can be left on while editing |> |> * Key layout designed to eliminate headaches: ^Q and ^S are not used, |> both ^H and DEL are backspace. Also, each user may customize |> his key layout by modifying a simple initialization file |> |> * Versions for BSD, HPUX and XENIX 386 are included. A simple tty |> driver is also provided to ease porting to other systems |> |> * Currently only VT100/ANSI terminals are supported. If the terminal |> has scrolling regions, J uses them. Has well-tuned interruptable |> screen update algorithm |> |> * Has: autoindent, word-wrap, overtype/insert, picture mode (right- |> arrow makes space past ends of lines), right margin (for paragraph |> formatting and center), and magic tabs (the column number of text |> after tab stops is preserved when inserting and deleting) |> |> * The cursor column doesn't 'jump' when you move between long and |> short lines. Instead the cursor column only jumps when you try to |> edit in an invalid place or if picture mode is set, the invalid |> place is made real by space filling |> |> * Editor modes can be set depending on file extension |> |> * No line length restrictions. Binary files can be edited without |> difficulty |> |> * Long lines are truncated, not wrapped (I.E., the screen scrolls to |> the right to get to the truncated parts) |> |> FIXES FOR THIS VERSION |> |> * Shell escape lock-ups are fixed |> |> * Paragraph reformat glitch is fixed |> |> * Cursor update screwynesses fixed for picture mode |> |> * Goto next word/Goto previous word/Delete word left and Delete word |> right were made more consistant |> |> NEW FEATURES FOR THIS VERSION |> |> * ~ can be used at file name prompts to expand user home directories |> |> * J now has undelete and redelete (you can go backwards and forewards |> through the delete buffer to select which text you want to undelete) |> |> * J now has indent functions. A marked block can be indented more |> or less. If you use an indent function outside a marked block, the |> lines with the same or greater indent level surrounding the cursor |> are marked |> |> * Right margin was added for paragraph format and center line |> |> * Goto matching parenthasis (or [ { ` < ) |> |> * ` was made the quote control character key because ^_ is not easy |> generate on many keyboard. `` gets ` |> |> * tty drivers were rewritten. This made the screen update faster |> (now the screen update is instantaneous on 20MHz 386s). Screen |> update preempting also works better |> |> THE PLAN |> |> Version 1.0.0 will be a complete rewrite. It should be done sometime |> before january. These are my goals for it: |> |> * Block oriented software virtual memory support (for less thrashing |> and elimination of file size limits caused by the system's process |> size limit) |> |> * MS-DOS support |> |> * X windows support |> |> * Better integration with UNIX: J will be able to process text |> through pipes (like vi), will have standard unix regular expressions, |> and will be usable as a 'more' program. |> |> * Will be terminal independant and use termcap and terminfo |> |> * Will have a ASCII/HEX dump display mode |> |> * Will have complete program developement support (save&make, next |> error/previous error, tags file support) |> |> * Will have a much more powerful scrolling algorithm. I have a |> methode which is simpler and faster than even GNU-EMACS' Gosling |> algorithm |> |> * All of this will require no changes to the basic keyboard layout- |> maybe one more added line of help text for new things |> |> * It will probably have keyboard macros but it won't have much of |> an extension language. Maybe in version 2.0.0 |> |> * I expect all of this not to add more than 30 or 40% to the size |> |> Joseph H. Allen |> 28 Dale Lane |> Smithtown, N.Y. 11787 |> |> -- |> /* rcarter@wpi.wpi.edu */ /* Amazing */ /* Joseph H. Allen */ |> int a[1817];main(z,p,q,r){for(p=80;q+p-80;p-=2*a[p])for(z=9;z--;)q=3&(r=time(0) |> +r*57)/7,q=q?q-1?q-2?1-p%79?-1:0:p%79-77?1:0:p<1659?79:0:p>158?-79:0,q?!a[p+q*2 |> ]?a[p+=a[p+=q]=q]=q:0:0;for(;q++-1817;)printf(q%79?"%c":"%c\n"," #"[!a[q-1]]);} -- Matt Larson, Distributed Systems Analyst Academic Computing and Network Services, Northwestern University matt@acns.nwu.edu (708) 491-5366