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joe

Joe's Own Editor joe is a WordStar clone with all the features found in that ancient piece of CP/M code. The control K sequences are the same as in the original, so anyone familiar with WordStar can just use joe without thinking about learning new commands. For those not familiar with this word processor the following will be a good start:


\begin{hanging}
\item{\^{ }K H} Toggle the help screen on and off.
\item{\^{ }K ...
...item{\^{ }C} Abort the current edit session. (don't save the file)
\end{hanging}

With the help screen you can find out how to select a block of text, move or copy the block. Word search and replace are also available along with a spell checker.

When a file is saved with joe it automatically moves the original file to original-file-name . The   makes it easy to identify the backup edit session, but it only reflects the last edit session, so older contents will be lost.



Dale Scheetz