Subject: aXe 6.1 - simple X11 text editor
From: [email-masked] (Bruno Haible)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 16:32:19 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

aXe-6.1, the X11 text editor by Jim Wight <[email-masked]>,
has been uploaded to

   sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/X11/xapps/editors/.

   aXe-6.1-linux.tar.gz     Bins for aXe - simple X11 editor
   aXe-6.1-doc.tar.gz       documentation on aXe
   aXe-6.1.tar.gz           source for aXe

aXe is a simple to use text editor for X that represents a significant
improvement over xedit. Also built around the Athena Text Widget it
features, amongst other things,

   o multiple windows
   o multiple buffers
   o default menu interface
   o configurable menus
   o optional configurable button interface
   o minibuffer for expert use and access to external filters
   o provision for defining a keyboard macro
   o geometry specification and resizing in terms of characters
   o file selection via a browser
   o knowledge of line numbers
   o parenthesis matching
   o regular expression searching
   o restricted or unlimited undo
   o ability to change font
   o easy entry of control codes
   o xterm-like keymap feature
   o easy runtime setting of selected preferences (resources)
   o both brief and comprehensive (hypertext) on-line help
   o server mode with cooperating client programs
   o optional extension language using Tcl
   o optional Xaw3d widget set compatability
   o collection of reusable widgets that embody the functionality of aXe

Here is the LSM entry:

Title        = aXe 6.1 - source, Linux binaries, documentation
Version      = 6.1
Desc1        = axe is a simple to use text editor for X that represents a
Desc2        = significant improvement over xedit. Multiple windows,
Desc3        = multiple buffers, file selection via a browser, etc.
Desc4        = axinfo is a simple info file reader/browser.
Author       = Jim Wight
AuthorEmail  = [email-masked]
Maintainer   = Jim Wight
MaintEmail   = [email-masked]
Site1        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path1        = /pub/Linux/X11/xapps/editors/
File1        = aXe-6.1.tar.gz
FileSize1    = 362021
Site2        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path2        = /pub/Linux/X11/xapps/editors/
File2        = aXe-6.1-linux.tar.gz
FileSize2    = 118759
Site3        = sunsite.unc.edu
Path3        = /pub/Linux/X11/xapps/editors/
File3        = aXe-6.1-doc.tar.gz
FileSize3    = 135447
Required1    = Linux, X11R5 (e.g. XFree86),
Required2    = libc.so.4.5.8, libX11.so.3.0, libXaw.so.3.0, libXt.so.3.0
Required3    = or newer.
CopyPolicy1  = Free software, BSD-like copyright.
Keywords     = X11, editor, info, browser
Comment1     = aXe-6.1.tar.gz          source for the aXe-6.1 editor
Comment2     = aXe-6.1-linux.tar.gz    binaries for the aXe-6.1 editor
Comment3     = aXe-6.1-doc.tar.gz      user manual for the aXe-6.1 editor
Comment4     = (user manual already included in the source)

                    Bruno Haible
                    [email-masked]

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