E (PC DOS)
Developer(s) | IBM |
---|---|
Initial release | June 1993 |
Stable release | 3.13v
/ 1994-11-17 |
PC DOS, OS/2 | |
Platform | IBM PC compatible |
Type | Text editor |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
E is the
.Features
The features include (for PC DOS 7):
- online help
- edit large text files
- draw boxes around text
- mouse and menu support
- record and play keystroke macros
- change case within a marked area
- access multiple files in multiple panes
- syntax-directed editing of REXX
- add and multiply numbers in a marked area
- locate and make a change globally within a file
- select text and move, copy, overlay, or delete it
- copy and move text from one file into another file
E for PC DOS consists of five files:
E.EXE
-- the executable program itself, (v3.13 in PC DOS 7)E.EX
-- pre-compiled profile for E's behaviorE.INI
-- text file allowing modification of a fewE.EX
defaults (Not in v 3.12 (dos 6))EHELP.HLP
-- text file used for E's F1 key help in Browse (read-only) modeBROWSE.COM
-- loads a file into E in read-only mode. (Not in v 3.12 (dos 6))
Since no tool was provided for building other profiles besides the supplied E.EX
, PC DOS users have limited access to the full extensibility offered by the version 3 of E (e3) available to IBM programmers themselves. Still, it is a powerful implementation, with many features supporting the needs of general programmers.
For PC DOS owners who have moved on to other operating systems, E can be run with the use of a DOS emulator (e.g.
To run the E Editor under OS/2, you must swap the first two directories in PATH
statement of AUTOEXEC.BAT
. Put the E files in \OS2\MDOS
directory. E v3.12 was also supplied in OS/2 PPC edition.
E family
The history of the PC DOS version of E begins with Personal Editor, a key configurable editor that enabled limited programming using a GML-like language. Personal Editor was initially released in 1982 and became an IBM product not long after.
Limitations in Personal Editor led to the development and release in 1984 of the E editor, a much faster editor that supported very long files and included a substantially enhanced user interface. E2, released in 1985, provided enhanced programmability using a
See also
References
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IBM's E Editor: 'Easy editing of one or more files is at your fingertips with the improved E Editor.'
- ^ "PC DOS 2000". 16bitos.com. Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
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- ^ Davis Foulger. "Software Prototypes and Implementations". Archived from the original on 2006-07-17. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
- ^ "Leadership". SlickEdit, Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
- ^ "Preface - Acknowledgements". Archived from the original on 2003-07-11. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
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