axe is available i have placed a new release of my axe editor in axe tar z on export lcs mit edu and arjuna ncl ac uk the significant change this time and the justification for the hike in the major version number is o undo has been implemented by default only the last change can be undone but a resource is provided to allow the user to specify how many including unlimited levels of undo information should be kept also undo of undo is supported there is no truth in the rumour that the next version will be emaxe for those who have not encountered axe before here is a summary of what it is all about 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 optional button interface with choice and layout of buttons under user control 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 on line help o server mode with cooperating client programs o optional extension language using tcl o optional xaw d widget set compatability o collection of reusable widgets that embody the functionality of axe i have personally built and run core axe i e without the tcl and xaw d options on the following systems sun sparc sunos x mit x r sun sparc sunos mit x r encore multimax umax mit x r dec ultrix mit x r hp hp ux mit x r mac iici au x mit x r but not all have been subject to the same level of testing i have only tested the tcl and xaw d options on the first a number of ifdef sysv isms that have been fed back to me have been incorporated into the code and a possible scandir replacement is provided for those systems that do not have one although axe will probably build under r run time problems have been encountered in the past i have not bothered to try this version under r and have not put any effort into solving previously known problems therefore if you are at r you very much take pot luck if it doesn t work the only alternative is to try the last release of version which should still be around it doesn t have as many features and uses the widget creation library wcl not only that it requires an old version of wcl or version of axe was nearing completion when version of wcl came out so axe never got converted to make use of it axe is available by anonymous ftp from export lcs mit edu and arjuna ncl ac uk initially and probably in due course from several other ftp sites check your nearest using xarchie if you can t ftp try sending email to ftpmail decwrl dec com with the word help alone in your message body you will receive instructions on how to ftp via email jim j k wight newcastle ac uk department of computing science university of newcastle tel newcastle upon tyne ne ru united kingdom fax
