joe-2.9.7

Introduction to joe

Download location (HTTP):       http://www.netsw.org/system/tools/editor/other/joe-2.9.7.tgz
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/editor/joe-2.9.7.tgz
Version used:                   2.9.7
Package size:                   265 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  4 MB

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

Installation of joe

Install joe by running the following commands:

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


Contents

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

Description

jmacs

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

joe

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

jpico

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

jstar

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

rjoe

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

termidx

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

Configuration files

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