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.
Install joe by running the following commands:
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr && make && make install |
The joe package contains jmacs, joe, jpico, jstar, rjoe and termidx.
jmacs is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Emacs emulation mode.
joe is a small text editor capable of emulating WordStar, Pico, and Emacs.
jpico is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Pico emulation mode.
jstar is a symbolic link to joe used to launch WordStar emulation mode.
rjoe is a symbolic link to joe that restricts joe to editing only files which are specified on the command line.
termidx is a program used by joe to generate the termcap index file.
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.