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<blockquote
what="official LispNYC announcement from
http://lispnyc.org/"
edits="list of mailing list posts removed">
Subject: New York City Lisp User Group: A Hyperreal Dictionary of Mathematics
X-URL: http://lispnyc.org/
corner New York City
Lisp Group LispNYC.org meetings blogs news home
( front-page )
Upcoming related events:
* Jan 23-25, Lambda Next in Berlin, Germany
* Feb, 12, Erlang Factory Lite 2013 in Munich, Germany
* Mar 18-20, Clojure West in Portland, Oregon
* Jun 1-4, European Lisp Symposium 2013 - ELS'13 in Madrid, Spain
( meeting - Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM - A Hyperreal Dictionary of
Mathematics )
PlanetMath is a virtual community that aims to make mathematics more
accessible. Over the years, some of the PlanetMath contributors have been
doing research on how to improve PlanetMath's software-on the one hand,
adding new features to the user interface, and on the other, adding
artificial intelligence features in the backend.
One of the branches of the project that overlaps both of these areas is a
new hypertext system, which will not only be useful for storing and
editing the PlanetMath database but also for representing mathematical
knowledge in a form which is suitable for intelligent manipulation by
computer, such as verifying proofs and answering questions. We call this
"Arxana"; the name is loosely inspired by Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu.
The main areas of current development which I will discuss are:
* Separation of front, middle and back-end by devising a standard
interface. This makes the codebase more modular and makes it easier
to reuse our earlier code. I'm focusing on the "middle end" so that
we don't get lost in the details!
* Representing literate programs as hypertext, with dependencies
indicated by links, so that programs can be run as networks in situ
or compiled down to standard code.
* A hypergraph search facility which allows for semantic search, as
well as implementing logical inference rules.
Raymond Puzio obtained his Bachelor's degree in Physics at Columbia,
where he had his first introduction to LISP in the basement of the math
building, followed by a doctorate at Yale.
After a few years in academia, he became involved with PlanetMath,
originally as a contributor, later also becoming involved in
organizational aspects of the project as well. Shortly, after joining
PlanetMath, he met Joe Corneli, with whom he has since been collaborating
on the projects about which he will speak.
Pizza, beer and soft drinks provided by Meetup.
Location:
Meetup HQ, 9th Floor
632 Broadway
more
< ... />
( functional development )
LispNYC is a community devoted to the advocacy and advancement of
Lisp-based functional programming technologies such as Common Lisp,
Scheme and Clojure.
We focus on education, outreach, regular monthly meetings, mailing lists
and development projects.
Monthly meetings are held every second Tuesday, are free and open to all.
Providing parentheses to NYC since 2002
( member services )
mailing list Lispnyc Bloggers Meetup Google+ Facebook Linked In Twitter
( contact )
contact lisp merchandise
[ilc.png]
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"Will write code that writes code that writes code that writes code for
money." - on comp.lang.lisp
about this site
</blockquote>
Distributed poC TINC:
Jay Sulzberger <secr...@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
what="official LispNYC announcement from
http://lispnyc.org/"
edits="list of mailing list posts removed">
Subject: New York City Lisp User Group: A Hyperreal Dictionary of Mathematics
X-URL: http://lispnyc.org/
corner New York City
Lisp Group LispNYC.org meetings blogs news home
( front-page )
Upcoming related events:
* Jan 23-25, Lambda Next in Berlin, Germany
* Feb, 12, Erlang Factory Lite 2013 in Munich, Germany
* Mar 18-20, Clojure West in Portland, Oregon
* Jun 1-4, European Lisp Symposium 2013 - ELS'13 in Madrid, Spain
( meeting - Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 PM - A Hyperreal Dictionary of
Mathematics )
PlanetMath is a virtual community that aims to make mathematics more
accessible. Over the years, some of the PlanetMath contributors have been
doing research on how to improve PlanetMath's software-on the one hand,
adding new features to the user interface, and on the other, adding
artificial intelligence features in the backend.
One of the branches of the project that overlaps both of these areas is a
new hypertext system, which will not only be useful for storing and
editing the PlanetMath database but also for representing mathematical
knowledge in a form which is suitable for intelligent manipulation by
computer, such as verifying proofs and answering questions. We call this
"Arxana"; the name is loosely inspired by Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu.
The main areas of current development which I will discuss are:
* Separation of front, middle and back-end by devising a standard
interface. This makes the codebase more modular and makes it easier
to reuse our earlier code. I'm focusing on the "middle end" so that
we don't get lost in the details!
* Representing literate programs as hypertext, with dependencies
indicated by links, so that programs can be run as networks in situ
or compiled down to standard code.
* A hypergraph search facility which allows for semantic search, as
well as implementing logical inference rules.
Raymond Puzio obtained his Bachelor's degree in Physics at Columbia,
where he had his first introduction to LISP in the basement of the math
building, followed by a doctorate at Yale.
After a few years in academia, he became involved with PlanetMath,
originally as a contributor, later also becoming involved in
organizational aspects of the project as well. Shortly, after joining
PlanetMath, he met Joe Corneli, with whom he has since been collaborating
on the projects about which he will speak.
Pizza, beer and soft drinks provided by Meetup.
Location:
Meetup HQ, 9th Floor
632 Broadway
more
< ... />
( functional development )
LispNYC is a community devoted to the advocacy and advancement of
Lisp-based functional programming technologies such as Common Lisp,
Scheme and Clojure.
We focus on education, outreach, regular monthly meetings, mailing lists
and development projects.
Monthly meetings are held every second Tuesday, are free and open to all.
Providing parentheses to NYC since 2002
( member services )
mailing list Lispnyc Bloggers Meetup Google+ Facebook Linked In Twitter
( contact )
contact lisp merchandise
[ilc.png]
bottom corner
"Will write code that writes code that writes code that writes code for
money." - on comp.lang.lisp
about this site
</blockquote>
Distributed poC TINC:
Jay Sulzberger <secr...@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
Craig A Finseth
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Emacs Implementations
Document id
Emacs Implementations and Literature
ftp://ftp.finseth.com/users/emacs
http://www.finseth.com/emacs.html
Last posted 2014-04-12
Contact:
Craig A. Finseth <craigf...@gmail.com> <craiga...@alum.mit.edu>
http://www.finseth.com. Please send updates directly to the
author via email.
Note the information regarding "The Craft of Text Editing"!
People interested in this FAQ might also be interested in:
http://www.jwz.org/doc/emacs-timeline.html
and:
http://www.emacswiki.org
Copyright
This FAQ document is Copyright 1990-9,2000-13 by Craig A. Finseth.
It may be reproduced and archived as part of normal network
distribution. Such distribution is assumed to include CD/ROM or other
bulk, unedited distribution.
It may be reproduced for individual or non-commerical use provided
that it is reproduced intact.
It may be reproduced for commercial use provided:
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o the publisher provides the FAQ maintainer with information
on what collection the copy of the FAQ is in, and how that
collection may be obtained,
o all material modifications (other than formatting) are
clearly marked.
Posted to comp.editors, comp.emacs, alt.religion.emacs, alt.answers,
comp.answers, news.answers
Description
This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list
of implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
editors. You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
additional information and/or updates.
This document is also gradually acquiring the role of a repository
of (at least) Emacs-related history. While that subject requires a
book to itself, this document will probably serve until someone
(_not_ me!) writes one.
This document is available via anonymous FTP and WWW. See above
URLs.
To be included in this list:
o A piece of literature should be a book, manual, article, paper,
or something that covers (or mentions) Emacs in particular or
text editing techniques in general. Specifically excluded are
items that are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a book on
"how to use vi") or vendor manuals for Emacs implementations
(as those are implicitly included in the implementations).
Non-vendor (i.e., third party) manuals are included.
o An implementation must either (1) be "advertised" as being an
Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and come with an Emacs
command set "mode" already written. Editors that are extensible
but do not come with such a mode (i.e., you have to write it
yourself) are not listed.
The following information is included for each implementation:
The *NAME* line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. Acronym
expansions are listed in ()s. Other acronyms:
TECO TAPE Editor and COrrector
(later: Text Editor and COrrector)
EMACS Editor MACroS
The *LAST* *CHANGED/VERIFIED* line contains the date that the entry was
last changed or an explict "looks ok to me" was received. This
field was added 1994-12-20, so all entries were initialized to that
value.
The *ORIGINAL* *DISTRIBUTION* is the date (or partial date) of the
first release. It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.
The *VERSION* is the latest known version. It is probably out of
date.
The *BASE* *LANGUAGE* is the language that you need a compiler or
interpreter for in order to use the editor. If the software is
distributed as a pre-compiled binary, this should be the language
that the program was written in.
The *IMPLEMENTATION* *LANGUAGE* is the language that the bulk of the
implementation is written in.
The *EXTENSION* *LANGUAGE* is the (often custom or modified) language
that the is used when altering or writing extensions to the
implementation. It is "none" if there is no extension language.
The *SCOPE* is either "command set" or "extensible." In the first
case, the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however
the user cannot readily change what the commands do. In the second
case, the user can fully control what all of the commands do.
The *REQUIREMENTS* is a brief characterization of what hardware or
software is required. The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
selection key; not be a comprehensive list. You should consult the
implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out
whether a specific implementation works in your environment. For
example:
o "UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.
o "IBM PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows
implementations.
(Starting Dec 1994 the list will support an additional level of
detail for IBM PCs.)
o "DOS" refers to MS/DOS support. May also run under Windows or
OS/2 in some mode. - "Windows" refers to Microsoft Windows support.
o "OS/2" refers to to OS/2 support. - "Windows NT" refers to
Microsoft Windows NT support.
The *ORGANIZATION* is the name of and contact information for the
implementor OR >CURRENT MAINTAINER<.
The *STATUS* is one of
o no longer available: Self-explanatory.
o free: The implementation is available to most people at no
charge. Even such "free" implementations may have restrictions:
consult information about the particular implementation. Where
available, information on how to obtain a copy is also listed.
o not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the vendor
for specifics.
Many of the names of the implementations in this list are
trademarked. Specific trademarks are not called out.
Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
Source availability varies among the not free implementations:
check with the vendor before you buy.
Table of Contents
Literature
GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp
Title: GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp
Author(s): Larry Ayers
Publisher: Prima Publishing
Size: 544pp
ISBN: 0-7615-2446-0
Price: $49.99
_Notes:_ 2001, with CD containing source and images of XEmacs
21.1.14 and 21.4.3, GNU Emacs 20.7 and 21.0, and many add-on
packages. Good coverage of customization and add-on packages.
Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition
Title: Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition
Author(s): Debra Cameron, james Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric Raymond, & Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 534pp
ISBN: 0-596-00648-9
Price: $39.95
_Notes:_ Emacs 21.30 and above
The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Title: The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Author(s): Craig A. Finseth
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Size: 220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
ISBN: 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
Price: $39.95
Japanese language edition: 4-938704-26-9 Y3600 paper
_Notes:_ 1991-10, first edition not version specific. The
Springer-Verlag edition is out of print. The book is available
via the web at:
http://www.finseth.com/craft
and is also available in print form from the author. It has ISBN
978-1-4116-8297-9 (10-digit: 1-4116-8297-1). It is available
from Lulu and from Amazon.com:
http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fHomepage=370764
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1411682971
GNU Emacs Reference
Title: GNU Emacs Reference
Author(s): Dennis Gentry
Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 55549
Seattle WA 98155
USA
+1 206 782 7733
+1 206 782 7191 fax
sa...@ssc.com
Size: 18pp, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"
ISBN: 0-916151-83-2
Price: $4.50
Notes: 1995, updated
The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
Title: The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
19 for Unix Users, Edition 2.01, June 1993
Author(s): Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman and the GNU
Manual Group
Pubisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 748pp + 18pp index
ISBN: 1-882114-20-5
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
Notes: -
Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Author(s): Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Consultants: Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
Publisher: Hayden Books (SAMS)
Size: xxiv + 504 pages, including index
ISBN: 0-672-30171-7
Price: $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN
_Notes:_ Copr. 1992, first printing 1992 Library of Congress
Catalog Card No. 91-62815
GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Title: GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Author(s): Michael A. Schoonover, John S. Bowie, and William R. Arnold
Publisher: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
Size: 640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
Price: $26.95
_Notes:_ 1991-11, first printing Emacs 18
GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33
Title: GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33
Author(s): Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 506pp
ISBN: 1-882114-52-3 (may have changed)
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours,
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
Author(s): Jesper Pedersen, with contributions from
Jari Aalto, Charles Curley, Eric Ludlam,
and Larry Ayers
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Size: approx. 445pp including index, CD included
ISBN: 0-672-31594-7
Price: $24.99 (to be released Apr/May 1999)
Writing GNU Emacs Extensions
Title: Writing GNU Emacs Extensions
Author(s): Bob Glickstein
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 215pp
ISBN: 1-56592-261-1
Price: $29.95
_Notes:_ April 1997, First Edition. "[E]xamples ... all developed
and tested in GNU Emacs version 19.34 under various flavors of
UNIX.... [P]resumes familiar[ity] with programming and with Emacs."
Lisp fundamentals are presented, with "Lisp Quick Reference."
GNU-Emacs binaries
GNU-Emacs
name: GNU-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 22.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:
too many to list
Organization:
Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place, Suite 330
Boston MA 02111-1307
USA
+1 617 542 5942
+1 617 542 2652 fax
g...@prep.ai.mit.edu
Free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/
OS/2 (proabably obsolete data):
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs
Windows Supplement (confirmed 2007-06-22):
EmacsW32
http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html
Macintosh ports (proabably obsolete data):
FSF's Emacs 20.6 port by Andrew Choi
http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/index.html
XEmacs 19.14 port to MacOS 8 and XEmacs 21.5.9 port
to Mac OS X by Pitts Jarvis
http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html
Version 1.17 is available from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet/
par...@cs.cornell.edu
http://download.vector.co.jp/pack/mac/writing/edit/nit591.sea.bin
This is a bare-bones Japanese version of EMACS. It's missing all
the cool GNU-stuff (including help), but it does do split-
screening and all of the cursor/text editing commands that I
tried. It's a 86.7K (yes, that's kilobytes!) download. A very
sweet blend of EMACS and Macintosh technology.
(Edward <edo...@teleport.com>)
http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/
Version 20.6. This is by far the most comprehensive and
fastest version of EMACS for the Mac. It is also the most
actively developed version I know of. Even mail can be
implemented by remapping mail calls to Eudora-Lite Applescripts.
The only bummer is that there is no GNUS and no printing!
(Edward <edo...@teleport.com>)
http://packages.opendarwin.org/dmgs
Scott J. Kramer
x-u...@sjk.us
WinCE (proabably obsolete data):
http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/emacs/emacs-wince.html
Binaries only (proabably obsolete data):
o for win95: ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest/i386/
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/dos/apps/editors/emacs19.24
ftp.imada.ou.dk:pub/mirrors/msdos/emacs-19.24
Randy Zack <ra...@acucobol.com>, MS-DOS,
o Linux sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO
o ftp://ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se/GNU-VMS/Beta/ EMACS-19_22-**.TAR-GZ.
info at: http://www.e.kth.se/elev/levitte/gnu/emacs.html
on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet
On UUCP, contact one of (proabably obsolete data (:-)):
hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
hqda-ai!merlin
uunet!hutch!barber
sun!nosun!illian!darylm
oli-stl!root
postm...@uunet.uu.net
uu...@cis.ohio-state.edu (or osu-cis!uucp)
Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
the news group comp.sources.d
_Note:_ You can also obtain tapes and CD-ROM distributions from the FSF.
Implementations Available For No Charge
AMIS
name: AMIS
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Pascal
implementation language: Pascal
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
organization/author:
Stacken Computer Club
c/o NADA
S-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
sta...@stacken.kth.se
_Note:_ the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is
the "ae" glyph). "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk,
or deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who
told me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a 1/2 inch,
2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage VMS version is $1000 US
(the money supports their DEC10 museum)
Addendum from Jesper Larsson <Jesper....@dna.lth.se>: This is
not quite correct. First, if "misAEr" is the Swedish word, "AE"
should not be the "ae" glyph (not used in Swedish -- maybe it's
spelled that way in Norwegian), but an "a" with two dots above
it. Secondly, this word actually means "destitution" or "penury".
It is closely related to the English word "misery". [ I am _not_
going to get in the middle of a how to translate Swedish to
English issue here -- Craig ]
free from
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops10_tools_bb-fp64b-sb/index.html
Anthony's Editor
name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: Feb 92
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
organization/author:
Anthony Howe
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
35 King St N
Waterloo Ontario
Canada N2J 6W9
a...@mks.com
free, periodically posted to Comp.editors
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/Anthonys_Editor.zip
Aquamacs
name: Aquamacs
last changed/verified: 2006-06-28
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9.9d
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
http://aquamacs.org
free, from
http://aquamacs.org
This is a port of GNU-Emacs tailored to the Macintosh Aqua
environment.
AxE
name: AxE
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Jim Wright
docs at http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~larry/unix/unixdocs/editors/axe.html
http://it.aminet.net/pub/Unix/pkgs/editor/axe/
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/
Note: This is a GUI based Emacs-like editor using Athena widgets.
It may not even belong here.
Barry's Emacs
name: Barry's Emacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1994
version: V7.2-246 Win32,Release build 242
base language: C++
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp, Python
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Unix
organization/author:
Barry Scott
ba...@barrys-emacs.org
free, from:
http://www.barrys-emacs.org/
a bit of history...the source was posted to the net by James
Gosling (in about 1980-ish, I think). It was modifed by Barry,
within Digital Equipment Corporation. It ran on VMS and was
available only internally to Digital. The language changed to
Bliss-32 (better performance on VMS) and then to C (for
portability) and now C++. Barry left Digital in 1994 and about
then (or perhaps a little sooner?) released to the public.
-- Jack Horsfield <jack_ho...@altavista.net>
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrysemacs/
Python implementation
Bzdired
name: bzdired
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1998
version: 7.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: superset of what you type
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM)
gno...@scscomm.com
free, from:
http://scscomm.com/~gnohmon/dired.cpio.gz
likely no longer available
Climax
name: Climax
last changed/verified: 2007-09-26
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
free from
http://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/
Demacs
name: Demacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-14
original distribution: 1992?
version: 1.2.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, 386 or better, MS-DOS
organization/author:
Manabu Higashida
Osaka University
JAPAN
man...@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp
HIRANO Satoshi
University of Tokyo
Japan
hir...@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor
_Note:_ Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly
18.57). You may wish to check out OEmacs, GNU-Emacs v19.23 or
later, or NTEmacs.
E3
name: E3
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C,asm
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Linux, FreeBSD, BeOs
organization/author:
Albrecht Kleine
free, anonymous FTP from
http://sites.google.com/site/e3editor/
EDMACS
name: EDMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: TECO
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
organization/author:
Michael Bloom
m...@ttidca.tti.com
free, anonymous FTP from
usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z
(in subdir "11-737" of tar image)
DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)
Edwin
name: Edwin
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: CScheme
implementation language: CScheme
extension language: CScheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, 386-DOS
organization/author:
Scheme Distribution
c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
545 Technology Sq. Room 410
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
info-csche...@zurich.ai.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
also, check out other Scheme implementations
Elle
name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1g
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
organization/author:
Ken Harrenstein
c/o SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025
USA
k...@nisc.sri.com
free, anonymous FTP from
nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)
Emacs
name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2006-03-21
original distribution: 1975
version: 165
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
Richard M. Stallman
MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
545 Technology Square
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220.tap.bz2
_Note:_ this is the original free, anonymous FTP from ?
Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+
name: Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+
last changed/verified: 2004-03-05
original distribution: 2000-?-?
version: 2.00
base language: HP49G-specific
implementation language: HP49G-specific
extension language: HP49G-specific
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements:
HP49G or HP49G+ calculator
organization/author:
Carsten Dominik, dominik science.uva.nl
Peter Geelhoed, p.f.geelhoed wbmt.tudelft.nl
free anonymous FTP:
http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/hpcalc/emacs/
_Note:_ While possibly not a "real" Emacs, this is just too
cool to leave out.
Emacs for NeXTstep
name: Emacs for NeXTstep (aka Emacs.app)
last changed/verified: 1995-06-15
original distribution: 1994-04-24
version: 4.1
base language: Objective C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Any hardware/software which GNU Emacs
19.28 runs on in general. To use the added NeXTstep features
requires NeXTstep 3.x or later (for best results 3.3 or later)
on any hardware platform supported by NeXTstep.
organization/author:
Carl Edman
Department of Physics
Princeton University
Princeton NJ 08540
USA
ced...@princeton.edu
free anonymous FTP:
- Binary package for m68k, i386, hppa and sparc NeXTstep machines on
ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/binaries/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.pkg.NIHS.b.tar.gz.
- Source on ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/sources/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.src.NIHS.s.tar.gz.
_Note:_ Emacs for NeXTstep 4.1 is a superset of GNU Emacs 19.28
with which it shares most of the code. The main change is that this
Emacs supports the NeXTstep window system on the same level as GNU
Emacs supports the X window system. It continues to fully support
the X window system as well.
Also, this may be new information on the same release: Emacs.app, a
full port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep also supporting NS features,
runs on Intel, NeXT, and HP hardware.
There are also two mailing lists for Emacs for NS,
<emacs-for...@lists.princeton.edu> and
<emacs-for-...@lists.princeton.edu>. The former is intended
for general discussion and allows anybody to post. The latter
restricts posting and should contain only a handful of
announcements of new releases every year. Both of these lists are
handled by the CREN Listproc which means that you can subscribe and
unsubscribe automatically. For example, to subscribe to
emacs-for-ns-users I'd send a message with the content `SUBSCRIBE
emacs-for-ns-users Carl Edman' to <list...@lists.princeton.edu>.
For more details write to the same address with the content `HELP'.
This is the second public release of Emacs for NeXTstep (**).
** So why in the world is it called version 4.1 ? To avoid
confusion with the older Emacs.app interface (lately up to
version 3.1) which is completely unrelated except for the fact
that its author, Michael Brouwer, has been a major contributor to
this project as well. And even he has replaced the old Emacs.app
with Emacs for NeXTstep.
Emacs for OS X and OS 9
name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2005-02-03
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Sebastien Kirche
sebastie...@free.fr
free, from
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/en.html
OS X and OS 9 ports.
EmACT
name: EmACT
last changed/verified: 2007-01-03
original distribution: 1986 (bundled with Let'C compiler)
version: 2.50.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Minimal Lisp and/or OpenLisp (this one is not GPL)
scope of implementation: command set, tailored for Lisp programs
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Pocket PC, Unix
organization/author:
Christian Jullien - Eligis
4, villa des reinettes
S-95390 Saint-Prix
France
jullien(at)eligis(.)com
free (GPL) from
http://www.eligis.com/emacs
Note: this a 1986 fork (sic!) of Conroy's MicroEmacs. The name
comes from a company the author worked for when starting this
development. The motivation was to implement a Lisp-friendly
editor on MS-DOS PC to write programs for Le-Lisp dialect.
It is now the editor of choice for OpenLisp
(see http://www.eligis.com).
Epoch
name: Epoch
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign IL
USA
epoch-...@cs.uiuc.edu
uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
epoch-request%cs.ui...@uiucvmd.bitnet
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*
_Note:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs. Has been merged with Lucid
emacs.
ErgoEmacs
name: ErgoEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
original distribution: ?
version: 1.7.1
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: Lisp
hardware/software requirements: Emacs 23
organization/author:
Xah Lee and David Capello
free, anonymous FTP from
http://ergoemacs.org/
Ermacs
name: Ermacs
last changed/verified: 2003-09-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9
base language: Erlang
implementation language: Erlang
extension language: Erlang
scope of implementation: Erlang
hardware/software requirements: Erlang, S-Lang
organization/author:
Luke Gorrie
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.bluetail.com/~luke/ermacs/
ErsatzEMACS
name: ErsatzEMACS
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Chris Baird
<c...@brushtail.apana.org.au>
free, from github
https://github.com/stangelandcl/ersatz-emacs.git
Note: This derived from MicroEmacs 3.06. The title "Ersatz"
comes from the category Richard Stallman uses in MIT AI Memo 519a
to describe those editors that are a surface-deep imitation
(key bindings) of "real" ITS Emacs.
Evi
name: evi
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1988-01-01
version: 0.1
base language: any vi editor itself
implementation language: UNIX Bourne shell,
vi key mappings and vi command files
extension language: vi key mappings and vi command files
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: a vi editor that can map keys and
read command files
organization/author:
Bo Thide', of the Swedish Inst. of Space Physics
b...@irfu.uucp
free, anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/text-processing/vi/macros/evi.tar.Z
_Note:_ This is a set of vi macros that does a fairly full Emacs
implementation.
FINE
name: FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: 1980?
version:
base language: BLISS-10
implementation language: BLISS-10
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: PDP-10
organization/author:
Mike Kazar
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
free from
ftp://ftp.ultimate.com/pdp10/fine/
Folding Editor
name: fe (folding editor)
last changed/verified: 2004-12-14
original distribution: 1.0
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, SYSV curses
origanization:
Michael Haardt
Guestener Strasse 8
52445 Titz
Germany
mic...@moria.de
http://www.moria.de/~michael/fe/
_Note:_ `fe' is a library of editor primitives, with the user
interface built on top of that library. - fe is a successor to
Origami.
Freemacs
name: Freemacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6a
base language: 8086 assembler
implementation language: 8086 assembler
extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
P(MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
Organization/author:
Russell Nelson
11 Grant Street
Potsdam NY 13676
USA
Internet: anonymous FTP from
ftp.cygnus.com in /pub/embedded/free-dos/editors/
BBS:
+1 315 268 6667 - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
No registration required to download Freemacs.
Bitnet and UUCP:
Send mail to archive...@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
archive-server%sun.soe@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
{smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help'. If you do not
get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken. You'll
need to use the path command to give a mail address that our
mailer can grok. Our mailer can send mail to any address with an
'@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP" pseudo-addresses. Mail:
$15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author. This will assure
you of the latest version. Please specify floppy format: [5.25,
1.2 Meg], [5.25, 360K], [3.50, 720K]
Freyja
name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
Emacs, Yet Joins All)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, UNIX, HP95LX, HP100LX
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
1343 Lafond
St. Paul MN 55104-2437
USA
+1 651 644 4027
cr...@finseth.com
free from the author
http://www.finseth.com/parts/freyja.php
_Note:_ optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)
Gnome
name: Gnome (Generally NOt the Micro Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Atari, MSDOS, Unix, CPM
organization/author:
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/msdos/text/gnome/gnome.arc%5Bpeek%5D
http://www.su.shuttle.de/gnome24.tgz
?
Note: This is another old spin off Micro Emacs 2.x, small and
fast. Sources should be in the old atari-archives (if
atari.archive.umich.edu exists, if not point ftpsearch to gnome.arc)
supports VMS, Atari, MESSDOS, Unix 7, CP/M.
GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port
name: GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port
last changed/verified: 1995-01-11
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.17
base language: C (CodeWarrior 6-7)
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh, System 7
organization:
?
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet
_Note:_ based on 18.59, FAT binary
_Note:_ see also the "Macintosh" section of the GNU Emacs writeup
Gnu TeXmacs
name: Gnu TeXmacs
last changed/verified: 2002-04-03
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0.0.1
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: Scheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix or Cygwin
organization/author:
Joris van der Hoeven, <mailto:vdho...@texmacs.org>
free
http://www.texmacs.org/
http://www.alqua.com/tmresources/
_Note_: TeXmacs is a wysiwyg typesetting system that
interfaces with symbolic math packages. It borrows from emacs
the use of configurable keybindings. Near fututre: More extension
languages (Perl), better Web browsing capabilities, MathML support.
Gulam
name: Gulam
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Atari
organization/author:
?
Note: Another Micro Emacs 2 derivative extended by the possibility
to act as a Unix-like shell on the Atari ST.
Gulam is a command line interpreter. The Atari ST (an MC68000-based
personal computer) version was released as a non-profit distribution
to the public in 1987. It is now kept in all the anonymous FTP
archives for that machine. It was in daily use by thousands. It
integrated an Emacs-like editor, command line history, etc. into a
very compact program. These features are now common-place in modern
shells.
http://193.166.3.2/pub/atari/sysutil/
Hemlock
name: Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2000-10-09
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
organization/author:
Scott Fahlman
CMU Common Lisp project
Carnegie-Mellon University
USA
Scott....@CS.CMU.EDU
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp
(Portable) Hemlock
name: Portable Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2011-08-17
original distribution: 2002-11
version:
base language: Common Lisp
implementation language: Common Lisp
extension language: Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Common Lisp, Unix X11, MacOSX
organization/author:
Gilbert Baumann
un...@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
free, anonymous CVS from
http://common-lisp.net/project/phemlock/
also as part of Clozure Common Lisp
Jade
name: Jade (anagram of: A Jed)
Last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1993
version: 3.2 / 4.0 alpha
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with X11
organization/author:
John Harper
jo...@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/people/John.Harper/jade/
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~john/jade/
above links gone; may exist at archive.org
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/jade-3.2.tar.gz
Jasspa
name: Jasspa MicroEmacs, also NanoEmacs
Last changed/verified: 2004-03-29
original distribution: ?
version: 2004.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows, DOS
organization/author:
see site
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.jasspa.com
JED
name: JED
last changed/verified: 1998-04-27
original distribution: ?
version: 0.F98.1B
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: S-Lang
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, X11, VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows,
small systems
organization/author:
John E. Davis
da...@space.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/jed
http://space.mit.edu/%7Edavis/jed.html
From a user:
...and I think it is worth to mention that JED (which is the
"GNUishest" of all the non-GNU implementations -- almost *every*
keystroke is like within GNU/XEmacs) has the complete editing
part of the AUCTEX-package built in, with BibTeX-mode, so if you
have to edit La/BibTeX-source outside your home/business, JED
might be your first choice.
And, what's more than that: JED runs on the smallest PC systems
used these days: in the library etc. I take my Toshiba T1000
(which was the first laptop and has a 4.77 MHz CPU in it: 512 KB
RAM, *no* HD and a single FD) -- and works like a charm since it
loads the necessary modules into memory only when needed (dired
etc.).
Unlike "freemacs" (which was my favourite editor before JED) it
can manage files over 64 KBytes in size and it is further under
development.
Since it runs on Linux to (with a special XJed binary) I use it
for quick tasks on my desktop, too.
JEmacs (Kawa)
name: Kawa (JEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6.66
base language: Java
implementation language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
extension language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Windows, Macinotsh
organization/author:
Per Bothnet
p...@bothner.com
http://www.bothner.com/~per
free from
http://jemacs.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
http://home.earthlink.net/~athene/2/scheme/mackawa.html
(Macintosh version)
JOE
name: JOE (Joe's Own Editor)
last changed/verified: 2000-11-03
original distribution: 1992? (that's in the copyright notice)
version: 2.8
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, DOS
organization/author:
Joseph H Allen
jha...@world.std.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.std.com in src/editors/joe2.8.tar.Z
JOVE, Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs
name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: 1984...
version: 4.16 (1996 Mar 19)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MSDOS, Win32, Macintosh
organization/author:
Hugh Redelmeier
hu...@mimosa.com
+1 416 482 8253
list is jove...@cs.toronto.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove/
also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
note: see also Tovj
KEmacs, Kanji Emacs
name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
organization/author:
SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
SONY
Japan
_note:_ Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i
Free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ
ME2, Mutt Editor II
name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: 1986
version: 3.0
base language: C
implementation language: Mutt
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
languages, compiled external to the editor")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC, Atari
organization/author:
Craig Durland
3419 SW Knollbrook
Corvallis OR 97333
USA
+1 503 750 3354
cr...@cv.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.eunet.bg/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/me_cd25.zip (MS-DOS version)
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/Editors/Mutt/ (AtariST version, with source)
Meadow
name: Meadow, Multilingual enhancement to gnu Emacs with
ADvantages Over Windows
last changed/verified: 2000-12-13
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:
Organization/author:
Hisashi Miyashita
hi...@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
_Note:_ With the multilingual support now merged into NTEmacs in
20.4, it is no longer necessary to use a special version of Emacs
for other languages, but MULE users may find upgrading to Meadow
easier than to NTEmacs because of slight differences in the way
they handle fonts. Meadow also has a couple of features that are
still missing from NTEmacs, such as support for native IMEs and
the special keys on Japanese keyboards.
Free, anonymous FTP from
?
MG, MicroGNU Emacs
name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1986
version: 2a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
OS/9-68K, Primos
organization/author:
Mike Meyer
but contact:
mg-su...@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
gatekeeper.pa.dec.com in rom/fred-fish/FF_DISKS/100-199/FF147.LZH
possibly also at
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html
MicroEMACS
name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 1998-05-26
original distribution: ?
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
Data General AOS/VS, Apple IIgs
kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
617 New York St
Lafayette IN 47901
USA
+1 317 742 5153
d...@mdbs.uucp
FIDO: The Programmer's Room 201/10
+1 317 742 5533
24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
aquest.com in pub/uemacs400/disk1
Source and development files
pub/uemacs400/disk2
MSDOS/Windows/Windows 95/
Windows NT / OS/2
distribution disk
http://members.xoom.com/uemacs/
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)
MicroEMACS #2
name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1986-12-01
version: 02-oct-87
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh,
Data General AOS/VS
organization/author:
Dave G. Conroy
Christian M. Jullien
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAXORIG.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
MicroEMACS #3
name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12a (23-jun-93)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
+33 1 45 75 92 75
Yv...@Roumazeilles.net
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/UEMACS312a.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is a minor evolution from MicroEmacs v3.12
from Daniel M. Lawrence. It was a tentative change that
did not bring any useful fruits.
MicroEMACS #4
name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/Uemacs312.zip
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is almost certainly an old version of a MicroEMACS
shown elsewhere in the FAQ.
MULE, Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs
name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1995-07-14
original distribution: ?
version: 2.2.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, NT
Maintainer:
nem...@etl.go.jp
Organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
+81 298 58 5916
fax +81 298 58 5918
ha...@etl.go.jp
handa%etl....@relay.cs.net
_Note:_ supports many scripts including most European languages,
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese in the same buffer.
Much of this may be incorporated into GNU Emacs 19. Also ported to
MS/DOS by the Demacs developer.
Free, anonymous FTP from
for Japanese sites:
etlport.etl.go.jp [192.31.197.99]:/pub/mule
Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <ha...@etl.go.jp>
for sites not in Japan:
sh.wide.ad.jp [133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule
Manager: Akira KATO <ka...@wide.ad.jp>
The following sites are mirroring mule and will get ready
with in a few days [of 1 March 1995].
for Japanese sites:
ftp.mei.co.jp [202.13.88.131]: /archive/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
Manager: Motohide Murakami <mura...@msr.mei.co.jp>
ftp.iij.ad.jp [192.244.176.50]:/pub/misc/mule
Manager: Takamichi MIYOSHI <miy...@iij.ad.jp>
for US sites:
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.9]:/pub/mule
Manager: Rafhael Cedeno <ced...@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
for other foreign sites:
ftp.funet.fi [128.214.6.100]:/index/mule
Manager: Hannu Aronsson <h...@cs.hut.fi>
cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]:/pub/gnu/mule
Manager: The System Group <sys...@cs.huji.ac.il>
based on Emacs 19.28
Nemacs, Nihongo Emacs
name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.3.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
nem...@etl.go.jp
organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
+81 298 58 5916
fax +81 298 58 5918
ha...@etl.go.jp
handa%etl....@relay.cs.net
note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z
NILE
name: NILE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
maintainer:
whoever is maintaining NIL
organization/author:
Richard Soley
free, anonymous FTP from
?
NotGNU
name: NotGNU
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: January 1993
version: 1.95 May 1999
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
requirements: DOS, Windows 3/95/98/NT, X11/OSF
organization/author:
Julie Melbin
P.O. Box 1007
Groton MA 01450
USA
ju...@world.std.com
free, anonymous ftp from
http://www.notguu.org
NTEmacs
name: NTEmacs
last changed/verified: 2000-02-18
original distribution: 1993?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, DEC Alpha, or MIPS running Windows NT
organization/author:
Geoff Voelker
voe...@cs.washington.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs
http://www.fsf.org/software/emacs/windows/ (FAQ)
ftp.cs.washington.edu in /pub/ntemacs
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html
_Note:_ NTEmacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 19.17 As of
10/8/94, a beta test version of Emacs 19.27 ported to Windows NT is
available from june.cs.washington.edu:/pub/voelker/trial. The port
will be merged into a forthcoming release of GNU Emacs.
Latest versions are 19.34, 20.3 and 20.4 which may be for Win 95
and Win NT only.
Ntemacs.exe
name: ntemacs.exe
last changed/verified: 1995-02-16
original distribution: 1995?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows NT
organization/author:
Conguent Corporation
+1 212 431 5100
free, anonymous FTP from
microlib.cc.utexas.edu:/microlib/nt/gnu/gnubin.tar.Z.
note: Conguent sells support
Nitemacs
name: Nitemacs
last changed/verified: 1999-04-26
original distribution: 1994
version: 5.9.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Shigeru Chiba, University of Tsukuba, Japan
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.softlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp/~chiba/nitemacs.html
"An Emacs-like lightweight editor"
NTNOT
name: NTNOT
last changed/verified: 2002-03-19
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
?
_Notes:_ This may be NotGNU as the NotGNU executable is "NTNOT.EXE".
OEmacs
name: OEmacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-19
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC or DESQview/X
organization/author:
Darryl Okahata
Internet: dar...@sr.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor
note: based upon GNU Emacs V19.19, successor to DEmacs
PE, PalEdit
name: PE (PalEdit)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: palmtop environment, HP100LX/200LX
organization/author:
Andreas Garzotto
garz...@swssai.uu.ch
free, download
http://www.dasoft.com/PE/latest.htm
Perfect Emacs
name: pe, pEmacs, Perfect Emacs
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: 2013-02-18
version: 1.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Hugh Barney
<h...@gmail.com>
free, from github
https://https://github.com/hughbarney/pEmacs.git
Note: Derived from ErsatzEMACS 1.0. The main enhancements
being incremental search, filename completion and further
reduction in footprint. The name Perfect EMACS comes from
an attempt to find the point where nothing further can be
taken away whilst retaining a useful Emacs-like editor.
QEmacs
name: QEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.3.1
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Fabrice Bellard
free
http://bellard.org/qemacs/
note: Full screen editor with an Emacs compatible key subset
(including undo and incremental search) and emacs
look and feel.
SXEmacs
name: SXEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: 2004-12-31
version: 22.1.3
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp (built on Xemacs)
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Steve Young
free
http://www.sxemacs.org
Tint
name: Tint
last changed/verified: 2002-10-02
original distribution: 1998
version: 0.14
base language: C++
implementation language: C++/Tint
extension language: tint
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Darwin, Windows
organization/author:
Michael K Montague, <mailto:mik...@exmsft.com>
free
http://tintware.sourceforge.net/
TkEmacs
name: TkEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: X11
organization/author:
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
garf...@cs.tu-berlin.de
Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
nic...@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
barkley.berkeley.edu in /pub/tkemacs/
coma.cs.tu-berlin.de in /pub/tkemacs/
_Note:_ TkEmacs is a text widget for Tcl/Tk using GNU Emacs 18.58.
The package contains XfEmacs, an application of the TkEmacs widget,
providing scrollbars, configurable drop-down menus, etc.
TM
name: TM (a/k/a/ Tinymacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: assembler
implementation language: N/A
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Brian H. Kelley
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
garf...@cs.tu-berlin.de
Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
nic...@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
http://www.bhk.com/tm/index.html (homepage, apparently off line)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tmsource.zip (source)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tm14.zip (binaries)
Tovj, Tom's own version of Jove
name: Tovj (Tom's own version of Jove), may be renatmed to Jat
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.6.14.32 patch-level 11
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Tom Hageman
t...@icce.rug.nl
Karel Kubat
ka...@icce.rug.nl
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.icce.rug.nl in pub/tom/jove/jove-4.6.14.32#11.tar.gz
also other directories i the file
Treemacs
name: treemacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
Vipin Swarup
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
swa...@a.cs.uiuc.edu
USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*
_Notes:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs 18.51. It is GNU Emacs
extended to allow the direct editing of tree structures.
Xedit
name: xedit, xedplus
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
http://siag.nu
Note: Most anything using Athena widgets counts. This version
is part of the Siag office package.
XEmacs, Emacs the next generation
name: XEmacs (nee Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs))
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: April 1992
version: 21.4.15
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows
maintained by the Xemacs Development Team, xemac...@xemacs.org
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs
mailing lists:
http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/
FAQ:
http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html
Releases:
http://www.dk.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Stable
Xyzzy
name: Xyzzy
last changed/verified: 2002-11-17
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
free from:
http://www.jsdlab.co.jp/~kamei/
FAQ:
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~henmi/lisp/xyzzy/#cust01
http://dns.carabiner-systems.com/xyzzy/
YR-Emacs
name: YR-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987
version: 1.30a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2,
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
+33 1 45 75 92 75
Yv...@Roumazeilles.net
free, from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAX130A.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
Zile, Zile is lossy Emacs
name: Zile (Zile is lossy Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-08-20
original distribution: 1997-06-08
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, ncurses
organization/author:
Sandro Sigala
Viale De Gasperi, 8
25041 Boario Terme (Brescia)
Italy
san...@sigala.it
free, anonymous FTP from
http://zile.sourceforge.net/
http://www.sigala.it/sandro/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/emacs/clones
Implementations Sold by Vendors
ADEPT
name: ADEPT
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language:
implementation language:
extension language: yes, but not available to users
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
organization/author:
Wang
Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
not free, contact vendor for price information
Alpha
name: Alpha
last changed/verified: 2000-01-25
original distribution: ?
version: 7.2.2
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: TCL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Pete Keheler
Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
http://alpha.olm.net/
ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/pub/alpha/
Amacs
name: amacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0 Release 2.8
base language: 6502 assembler
implementation language: 6502 assembler
extension language: macros / loadable libraries (assembled)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Apple // with ProDOS
organization/author:
Creative Thinking, Included
Brian Fox
bf...@ai.mit.edu
not free, contact vendor for price information
Brief
name: Brief
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp or C (choice)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Solution Systems
Suite 410
541 Main St
South Weymouth MA 02190
USA
+1 800 821 2492
+1 617 337 6963
fax +1 617 337 7719
not free, contact vendor for price information
acquired by Borland
CCA Emacs
name: CCA Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ELisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
Uniworks Inc.
P.O. Box K
Suite 323
Maynard MA 01754
USA
+1 508 897 6650
emacs!mau
not free, contact vendor for price information
dde
name: dde
last changed/verified: 2010-02-02
original distribution: 1985
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: x86 Linux or Windows
organization/author:
DALSoft
http://www.products.dalsoft.com/dde.html
not free, contact vendor for price information
E3
name: E3
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: internal?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: REXX
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
IBM Corp.
?
not free, contact vendor for price information
EMACS-TC
name: EMACS-TC
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
AT&T Toolchest
+1 201 522 6900, then login "guest"
USA
Warren A. Montgomery
+1 708 713 5090
att!iexist!warren
not free, contact vendor for price information
Epsilon
name: Epsilon
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: 1984-08-01
version: 10.0
base language: C
implementation language: EEL
extension language: EEL, a dialect of C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC (Unix, Windows NT, Windows, DOS, OS/2)
organization/author:
Lugaru Software Ltd.
1645 Shady Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15217
USA
+1 412 421 5911
fax +1 412 421 6371
http://www.lugaru.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
EVE, Extensible VAX Editor
name: EVE (Extensible VAX Editor)
base language: TPU
implementation language: TPU
extension language: TPU (Text Processing Utility)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Digital Equipment Corp.
?
USA
+1 ?
?
_Notes:_ (Courtesy of Juergen Nickelsen) It is not Emacs-like, but is
fully extensible. Source (TPU) is included. TPU is a programming
language for text processing, etc. that is also bundled with VMS.
EVE is the next best thing to GNU-Emacs on a VAX.
FrameMaker
name: FrameMaker
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Macintosh
organization/author:
Frame Technology Corp.
1010 Rincon Circle
San Jose CA 95131
USA
+1 408 433 1928
Frame Technology International Ltd.
Unit 52 Airways Industrial Estate
Cloghran
Dublin 17
Ireland
+353 1 42 95 66
now part of Adobe
not free, contact vendor for price information
Fred, Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately
name: Fred (Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately)
last changed/verified: 1998-02-17
original distribution: ?
version: MCL 4.2, MCL 3.3
base language: Macintosh Common Lisp
implementation language: Macintosh Common Lisp
extension language: Macintosh Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Digitool
http://www.digitool.com/
not free: available with Macintosh Common Lisp
Infinitor
name: Infinitor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: TPL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Agranat Systems
P.O. Box 191
Weston MA 02193
USA
+1 617 893 7868
not free, contact vendor for price information
InfoDock
name: InfoDock (built atop XEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: 1994
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with Win32 port planned
organization/author:
Bob Weiner
Altrasoft
in...@altrasoft.com
later maintained and supported by beopen.com (now defunct)
_Notes:_ InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly
aimed at technical people. It is built atop the XEmacs variant of
GNU Emacs and so has all of the power of Emacs, but with a much
easier to use and more comprehensive menu and toolbar-based user
interface. We find that most objections people raise to using Emacs
have already been addressed in InfoDock. See
http://infodock.sourceforge.net for more information.
Interleaf
name: Interleaf
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Interleaf, Inc
Prospect Place
9 Hillside Ave
Waltham MA 02154
USA
+1 617 290 0710
not free, contact vendor for price information
M
name: M
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.21
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, Windows, NT
organization/author:
Greg Gadbois
Gr...@dragonsys.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
A shareware version is available from the author
A premium version is available from the author
Mince
name: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs) / PerfectWriter / The
FinalWord / FinalWordII
last changed/verified: 1998-07-07
original distribution: 1980
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none / key rebinding only / key rebinding only/ custom
scope of implementation: command / command / command / extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M
organization/author:
Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
sold to Borland International
not free, contact vendor (Borland) for price information
Multics Emacs
name: Multics Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1978
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Honeywell Multics
organization:
Bernard Greenberg
Honeywell Bull
not free, contact vendor for price information
_Note_ from Carl Hoffman: Probably Multics Emacs' greatest claims
to fame are (1) having been the first to popularize the notion of
using a Lisp-like extension language which non-expert programmers
could use and understand, and (2) originating certain constructs
(e.g. "save-excursion", etc.) which today survive in GNU Emacs.
_Note_ from Bernard Greenberg: Multics Emacs was implemented in
Multics MacLisp, also known as Version 2 Lisp. Multics Emacs was
the first and only Multics Software Product in Lisp -- PL/I was the
official system language.
The notion of using Lisp for a mainframe product whose native
language was not Lisp was radical at the time. I chose Lisp because
of the possibility of implementing many small, cheap, modular,
easily-replaceable functions (not a possibility in PL/I), having
found this to be a major feature of an earlier private tool I
implemented in Multics MacLisp.
The notion of using Lisp on the Lisp machine (for Eine, and later
Zwei) was a requirement, not an innovation. It did not speak to the
issues of the suitability of Lisp for such a task, nor to that of
what would be the best language for such a task. The idea of
-choosing- Lisp for a mainframe editor implementation was innovated
here. The idea of augmenting Multics TECO, and that of writing a
TECO-like editor gut in flat-out PL/I were rejected by me in favor
of a Lisp program that implemented editor functionality.
Inspired by the TECO in which EMACS (on ITS, then the only program
using that name) was implemented, I designed a TECO-like control
and "point" manipulation model in a Lisp framework, which I thought
was natural and obvious, not at all similar to the buffer-pointer
passing model of the Lisp Machine editors. The natural combination
of Lisp macrology and scoping with this type of model proved to be
flexible, powerful, and appealing: this model caught on, and is now
the basis of everything in the world; the Lisp machine's did not.
The intellectual lineage of GNU Emacs, in these regards, comes
directly from James Gosling's Emacs, which came directly from (and
was credited to) Multics Emacs.
I rank the significant innovations of Multics Emacs as: (1)
Explicitly-designed extension languages, which could be understood
and used by non-experts. (2) Lisp as an editor implementation
language. (3) Lisp and Lisp-macros as an extension language. (4) A
control regime and macrology, including many names (e.g.,
"save-excursion"), that have become today become semi-standard
through GNU Emacs and other systems.
Major extensions that became part of the product should also be
credited to Richard Lamson, Gary Palter, and William York, who
became my guerilla band, back then.
PMATE, ZMATE
name: PMATE, ZMATE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: PMATE (DOS) 4.0, PMATE (CP/M) 3.21, ZMATE (CP/M, Z-System) 1.0
base language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
implementation language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
extension language: MATE macro language (TECO-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M, Z-System
organization/author:
original by Michael Aronson (MATE = Michael Aronson's Text Editor)
ZMATE version by Bridger Mitchell and Jay Sage
ZMATE available from:
Sage Microsystems East
1435 Centre Strt
Newton MA 02159-2469
USA
+1 617 965 3552
(Availability of PMATE for the PC is not certain at this time. Sage
Microsystems may be able to offer it.)
not free, contact vendor for price information
Preditor
name: Preditor (was: Compuware Professional Editor, PVCS Professional
Editor and Sage Professional Editor )
last changed/verified: 1997-08-22
original distribution: 1990
version: 3.01
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: W95, NT, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
+1 810 737 7300
800 538 7822
fax +1 810 737 7564
pred...@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
old character mode version 1.101 for DOS and OS/2 may still
be available, but is not maintained
Preditor2
name: Preditor/2 (derived from Sage Professional Editor)
original distribution: 1994
version: 2.1
base language: C++,C
implementation language: C++,C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
+1 810 737 7300
800 538 7822
fax +1 810 737 7564
pred...@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
free DEMO version (nagware that times out in 14 days), anonymous FTP from:
hobbes.nmsu.edu /os2/demos/p2demo21.zip
SlickEdit
name: Slick, SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 2.4
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge Inc.
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: sa...@slickedit.com
+1 800 934 3348
+1 919 303 7400
fax +1 919 303 8400
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a text-mode interface)
Visual SlickEdit
name: Visual SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
interface: graphical MDI
base language: C/C++
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
requirements: Windows, NT, OS/2, or UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge, Inc
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: sa...@slickedit.com
+1 800 934 3348
+1 919 303 7400
fax +1 919 303 8400
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a GUI interface)
SPE Editor
name: SPE Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2550 Garcia Ave
Mountain View CA 94043
USA
+1 415 960 1300
TLX 37 29639
not free, contact vendor for price information
Sprint
name: Sprint (in some countries 'Esprit')
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1985?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Borland International
1800 Green Hills Rd
Scotts Valley CA 95067
USA
not free, contact vendor for price information
Sys-IX Editor
name: Sys-IX Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: macro
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
System-IX (Networks) Ltd.
55 Bedford Court Mansions
Bedford Avenue
London WC1B 3AD
UK
+44 71 636 8210
fax +44 71 255 1038
G.W. Computers Inc.
4 Eagle Square
East Boston MA 02128
USA
+1 617 569 5990
fax +1 617 567 2981
_Note:_ may not be Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information
Unipress Emacs
name: Unipress Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Unipress Software Inc
2025 Lincoln Hwy
Edison NJ 08817
USA
+1 201 287 2100
fax +1 201 287 4929
telex 709418
_Note:_ was Gosling's Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information
VOS Emacs
name: VOS Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 10
base language: PL/I
implementation language: PL/I
extension language: none
scope of implementation: modified command set
hardware requirements: Stratus XA, IBM System/88 or Olivetti CPS-32 computer
software requirements: VOS operating system
organization/author:
Stratus Computer Inc.
55 Fairbanks Blvd
Marlboro MA 01752
USA
+1 508 460 2000
telex (294112) ANSBK STRA UR
not free, contact vendor for price information
Win-Emacs
name: Win-Emacs
last changed/verified: 1996-08-14
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.35 (released October 1994), 1.5 expected 1/96
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: elisp (GNU Emacs Lisp)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, Windows 3.1, 95, or NT
organization:
Pearl Software
2000 Powell St. Suite 1200
Emeryville CA 94608
USA
+1 510 652 4361
fax +1 510 652 4362
te...@pearlsoft.com
in...@pearlsoft.com auto-replies with further information.
FTP a free fully-functional nagware version from:
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pe/pearl/wemdemo*
_Note:_ Win-Emacs is derived from XEmacs 19.6 (nee Lucid Emacs).
Win-Emacs is a native MS-Window app which supports multiple
windows, fonts, code highlighting, arbitrary keymapping, DDE,
winsock, long filenames, drag-and-drop, etc. Version. 1.5 is a
Win32s app with most Unix features (e.g. asynch. subprocesses). The
free version of Win-Emacs is based on a nagware X emulator: a nag
screen pops up every half-hour; otherwise it is precisely identical
to the supported commercial version of Win-Emacs. Debatable whether
this should be moved into the "versions that cost" category.
Ben Wing, the main author of Win-Emacs, is now the most productive
active developer of XEmacs. Most features of Win-Emacs have been
added to XEmacs.
ZMACS
name: ZMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Symbolics
organization/author:
Symbolics, Inc.
8 New England Executive Park
Burlington MA 01803
USA
+1 617 221 1000
+1 800 533 7629
not free, contact vendor for price information
(Now somewhere in Concord.)
ZMACS TI
name: ZMACS (TI Explorer Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Explorer
organization/author:
Texas Instruments
12501 Research Blvd
Austin TX 78759
USA
+1 512 250 7111
+1 800 232 3200
fax +1 512 250 6522
not free, contact vendor for price information
Implementations That Are No Longer Available
EINE
name: EINE (EINE is not Emacs (the first known recursive acronym)),
ZWEI (Zwei Was Eine, Initially (the author knew German)),
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Lisp Machine
organization/author:
MIT
USA
no longer available
ZWEI eveolved into Zmacs and all of the Symbolics, Texas Instruments,
Lisp Machines, and related variants.
Emacs20
name: Emacs (aka Prime Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: ?
version: 20
base language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
implementation language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Prime
organization/author:
Prime Computer, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick MA 07160
USA
+1 508 651 3342
telex 174519
telex +1 508 651 2769
not free, contact vendor for price information
Note: Written by Bob Frankston and Seth Steinberg.
Leif
name: Leif
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
The Saga Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1304 W. Springfield
Urbana IL 61801
USA
le...@a.cs.uiuc.edu
{pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif
_Note:_ Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.
NMODE
name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: PSL, Common LIsp
implementation language: PSL, Common LIsp
extension language: PSL, Common LIsp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: HP series 9000
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
old symbolic languages group?
no longer available
TORE
name: TORES (Text ORiented Editing System)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Jeffrey Schiller
MIT
USA
no longer available
PD
name: PD Forthmacs System Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Forth?
implementation language: Forth?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari?
organization/author:
Bradley Software
no longer available
Scame
name: Scame
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Multihouse Automatisering bv
c/o Johan Vromans
Doesburgweg 7
2803 PL Gouda
the Netherlands
+31 1820 62911
fax +31 1820 62500
j...@mh.nl
_Note:_ loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy no longer
available
TV
name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
doubly-recursive acronym)))
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: PL/1
implementation language: SINE (Lisp-like)
extension language: SINE (Lisp-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MagicSix on Perkin-Elmer 3200 series
organization/author:
Owen "Ted" Anderson
MIT Architecture Machine Group
USA
no longer available
UE
name: ue
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari ST
organization/author:
p...@cwru.edu
no longer available
Part of Gulam a public-domain shell.
VINE
name: VINE (Vine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: Fortran (!)
implementation language: Fortran
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
Texas Instruments
Dallas TX
USA
no longer available
Z80EMACS
name: Z80EMACS
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1992?
version: 0.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CP/M
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM),
gno...@scscomm.com
uunet!ssiny!gnohmon
free, anonymous FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu in pub/z80/emacs/*
Z80EMACS is a port of microemacs 3.6 to the CP/M operating system.
Microemacs keeps all data in memory, and CP/M must live in a 64KB
address space. By clever use of overlays and byte-squeezing and
tuning, Z80EMACS is able to edit files of size 30KB! microemacs 3.6
had no facility for remapping the keyboard bindings. Z80EMACS does
it with an offline utility. Z80EMACS uses overlays extensively, but
the most frequently used commands are all either in the root
segment or in one particular overlay. Since this overlay is usually
already in memory, performance is quite good, even when running
from floppies. Z80EMACS has the ability to edit multiple files,
display multiple windows, and do keyboard macros, among other
things. This makes it the spiffiest CP/M editor you could ever hope
to see. Z80EMACS comes with source and binaries; it was compiled
with AZTEC C, which few CP/Mmers have, so the binaries are more
likely to be useful than the source.
Unknown 1
name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: HLH Orions
organization/author:
Steven Zimmerman
no longer available
Dated 1983. Described as a "distant descendant of the one written by
Warren Montgomery at Bell Labs. Might be an early, non-commercial
version of CCA Emacs.
Unknown 2
name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1, 2.1 (?)
base language: C and 8088 assembler
implementation language: C and 8088 assembler
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, HP-150, TIPC
organization/author:
Don P. Bennett, Jr.
Hewlett Packard (when he wrote it)
no longer available
This editor identifies itself as "Emacs", and has HP-style soft
labels for the first eight function keys hard-bound to "file
commands," "window commands," "buffer commands," etc. Versions 1.1
and 2.1 are known to exist. Other versions may also have escaped.
1.1 was written in Microsoft C and 8088 assembler 1.0 (or was that
2.0?) in about 1985. 2.1 was written using Microsoft C 3.0 in about
1986. All versions work quite usably, despite fatal bugs in some
commands. (Memory limits and large files can cause death,
"ESC-digit" causes immediate death.) ("If it dies when you do that,
stop doing it!")
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