On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 08:27:38PM +0200, staf wagemakers wrote: > On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 10:40:43AM +0300, Adrian Nims wrote: > > The command "apt-get install joe" gave me the follwing answer: > > > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > E: Couldn't find package joe > > > > What can I do next ? >
The "joe" editor seems to be rather popular, specially amongst people for whom wordstar keys have got ingrained in their genes. There is another editor called w3, which was introduced to me by some-one on this list. The URL is : http://www.sax.de/~adlibit/e3-0.7.tar.gz [82338 bytes] Have been using it for about 2 weeks now. EXCELLENT !! Just 4912 bytes long binary, written fully in assembly (nasm). Fully GPL (with source code). It is 100% Word Star (non-document) mode clone. Has auto-left align as well (remember TurboPascal 3 ?). It's block operations search and other facilities are superior to joe. It is definitely not a replacement for emacs / vi, but if wordstar compatibility is what you are looking for, this rivals "joe" any day. If an editor for rescue disks is what is you need,look no further. THIS IS IT. It would be difficult to find a smaller one with all facilites expected of an editor. USM Bish PS: Binary tarball with man (6080 bytes)! Private mail only.
