mg (text editor)

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mg, originally called MicroGnuEmacs (and later changed at the request of

• Nov 16, 1986: First release to mod.sources, according to the README
• Mar 3, 1987: First release (mg1a) via comp.sources.unix
• May 26, 1988: Second release: (mg2a) via comp.sources.misc
• Jan 26, 1992: Linux port released by Charles Hedrick. This version later makes its way onto tsx-11, Infomagic, and various other Linux repositories.
• Feb 25, 2000: First import into the OpenBSD tree, where it is currently maintained
• May 20, 2001: OpenBSD's mg is imported into FreeBSD Ports^[2]

See also

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors

References

External links

• OpenBSD's mg man page.
• Han Boetes' portable version of OpenBSD's mg.
• Browsable source code of mg at BXR.SU OpenGrok