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Author: Craig A. Finseth
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1993 22:22
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1993 22:22
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Archive-name: emacs-implementations
Emacs Implementations and Literature
Changes and additions to: last posted 1 December 1993
Craig A. Finseth reposted about every 2 months
Craig.A.Finseth-1@umn.edu
fin@unet.umn.edu
+1 612 644 4027
1343 Lafond
St Paul MN 55104-2437
USA
This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list of
implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
editors. You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
additional information and/or updates.
This document is also gradually acquiring the role of a repository of
(at least) Emacs-related history. While that subject requires a book
to itself, this document will probably serve until someone (_not_ me!)
writes one.
This document is available via anonymous FTP from:
mail.unet.umn.edu in import/fin/emacs
To be included in this list:
- a piece of literature should be a book, manual, article, paper, or
something that covers (or mentions) Emacs in particular or text
editing techniques in general. Specifically excluded are items that
are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a book on "how to use vi") or
vendor manuals for Emacs implementations (as those are implicitly
included in the implementations). Non-vendor (i.e., third party)
manuals are included.
- an implementation must either (1) be "advertised" as being an
Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and come with an Emacs command
set "mode" already written. Editors that are extensible but do not
come with such a mode (i.e., you have to write it yourself) are not
listed.
The following information is included for each implementation:
The NAME line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. Acronym expansions
are listed in ()s. Other acronyms:
TECO TAPE Editor and COrrector (later: Text Editor and COrrector)
EMACS Editor MACroS
The ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION is the date (or partial date) of the first
release. It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.
The VERSION is the latest known version. It is probably out of date.
The BASE LANGUAGE is the language that you need a compiler or
interpreter for in order to use the editor.
The IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE is the language that the bulk of the
implementation is written in.
The EXTENSION LANGUAGE is the (often custom or modified) language that
the is used when altering or writing extensions to the implementation.
It is "none" if there is no extension language.
The SCOPE is either "command set" or "extensible." In the first case,
the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however the user
cannot readily change what the commands do. In the second case, the
user can fully control what all of the commands do.
The REQUIREMENTS is a brief characterization of what hardware or
software is required. The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
selection key; not be a comprehensive list. You should consult the
implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out whether a
specific implementation works in your environment. For example, "IBM
PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows implementations and
"UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.
The ORGANIZATION is the name of and contact information for the
implementor.
The STATUS is one of
- no longer available: Self-explanatory.
- free: The implementation is available to most people at no
charge. Even such "free" implementations may have
restrictions: consult information about the particular
implementation. Where available, information on how to obtain
a copy is also listed.
- not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the
vendor for specifics.
Many of the names of the implementations in this list are trademarked.
Specific trademarks are not called out.
Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
Source availability varies among the not free implementations: check
with the vendor before you buy.
-------------------- Literature --------------------
Title: Learning Gnu Emacs
Author(s): Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilley and Associates, Inc.
Size: 442pp, 13 chapters, 8 appendices
ISBN: 0-937175-84-6
Price: $27.95
Title: The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Author(s): Craig A. Finseth
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Size: 220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
ISBN: 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
Price: $39.95
Title: GNU Emacs Reference
Author(s): Dennis Gentry
Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 55549
Seattle WA 98155
USA
+1 206 527 3385
+1 206 527 2806 fax
151208415 telex
sales@ssc.com
Size: 18pp, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"
ISBN: 0-916151-59-X
Price: $4.50
Title: The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
19 for Unix Users, Edition 2.01, June 1993
Author(s): Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman and the GNU
Manual Group
Pubisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 748pp + 18pp index
ISBN: 1-882114-20-5
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Author(s): Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Consultants: Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
Publisher: Hayden Books (SAMS)
Size: ?
ISBN: ?
Price: $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN
Title: GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Author(s): Michael Schoonover, John Bowie, and Bill Arnold
Pubisher: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
Size: 640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
Price: ?
Title: GNU Emacs Manual, Seventh Edition, Version 19, June 1993
Author(s): Richard Stallman
Pubisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 392pp +14pp index
ISBN: 1-882114-02-7
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
---------- GNU-Emacs ----------
name: GNU-Emacs
original distribution: ?
version: 19.13
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST
organization:
Free Software Foundation
675 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
+1 617 876 3296
gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from:
prep.ai.mit.edu
scam.berkeley.edu
itstd.sri.com
wuarchive.wustl.edu
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil (under `PD:<UNIX.GNU>')
bu.edu
louie.udel.edu
nic.nyser.net
ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp
funic.hut.fi
sunic.sunet.se
freja.diku.dk
gatekeeper.dec.com
mango.miami.edu (VMS G++)
cc.utah.edu (VMS GNU Emacs)
uunet.uu.net
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in /pub/os2/2.0/gnu/emacs (slightly
modified version for OS/2)
on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet
on UUCP, contact one of:
hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
hqda-ai!merlin
uunet!hutch!barber
sun!nosun!illian!darylm
oli-stl!root
bigtex!james
postmaster@uunet.uu.net
uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu (or osu-cis!uucp)
Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
the news group comp.sources.d
Note: The MS-DOS port is known as Demacs (see below). You can also
obtain tapes and CD-ROM distributions from the FSF.
---------- Implementations Available For No Charge ----------
name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
original distribution: ?
version: Feb 92
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
organization/author:
Anthony Howe
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
35 King St N
Waterloo Ontario
Canada N2J 6W9
ant@mks.com
free, periodically posted to Comp.editors
name: AMIS
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Pascal
implementation language: Pascal
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
organization/author:
Stacken Computer Club
c/o NADA
S-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
stacken@stacken.kth.se
note: the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is the
"ae" glyph). "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk, or
deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who told
me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a
1/2 inch, 2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage
VMS version is $1000 US (the money supports their DEC10 museum)
name: Demacs
original distribution: 1992?
version: 1.2.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, 386 or better, MS-DOS
organization/author:
Manabu Higashida
Osaka University
JAPAN
manabu@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp
HIRANO Satoshi
University of Tokyo
Japan
hirano@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
note: Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly 18.57).
name: EDMACS
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: TECO
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
organization/author:
Michael Bloom
mb@ttidca.tti.com
free, anonymous FTP from
usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z (in subdir "11-737" of tar image)
DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)
name: Edwin
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: CScheme
implementation language: CScheme
extension language: CScheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, 386-DOS
organization/author:
Scheme Distribution
c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
545 Technology Sq. Room 410
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
info-cscheme-request@zurich.ai.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
also, check out other Scheme implementations
name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1g
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
organization/author:
Ken Harrenstein
c/o SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025
USA
klh@nisc.sri.com
free, anonymous FTP from
nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)
name: Emacs
original distribution: 1976?
version:
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
545 Technology Square
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
note: this is the original
free, anonymous FTP from
mc.lcs.mit.edu in its/ai/emacs/*, its/ai/emacs1/*
name: Epoch
original distribution: ?
version: 4.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign IL
USA
epoch-request@cs.uiuc.edu
uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
epoch-request%cs.uiuc.edu@uiucvmd.bitnet
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*
Note: this is a modified GNU Emacs. It is expected to merge with
Lucid emacs by the end of the summer.
name: Freemacs
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6a
base language: 8086 assembler
implementation language: 8086 assembler
extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
P(MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Russell Nelson
11 Grant Street
Potsdam NY 13676
USA
free,
Internet: anonymous FTP from
simtel20.army.mil from PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>
grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.129] in /pub/msdos/freemacs
BBS:
+1 315 268 6667 - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
No registration required to download Freemacs.
Bitnet and UUCP:
Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
archive-server%sun.soe@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
{smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help'. If you do not
get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken.
You'll need to use the path command to give a mail address that
our mailer can grok. Our mailer can send mail to any address
with an '@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP"
pseudo-addresses.
Mail:
$15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author. This will
assure you of the latest version. Please specify floppy
format: [5.25", 1.2 Meg], [5.25", 360K], [3.50", 720K]
name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
Emacs, Yet Joins All)
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX, HP95LX, HP100LX
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
1343 Lafond
St. Paul MN 55104-2437
USA
+1 612 644 4027
fin@unet.umn.edu
free from the author, send either:
1, 3 1/2" 1.44 MB or 2, 3 1/2" 720 KB and a SASE, or
US$5.00, or
4 blank 3 1/2" 1.44 MB diskettes
or anonymous FTP from:
mail.unet.umn.edu in
import/fin/freyja21.exe (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
import/fin/freyja21.tar (UNIX tar file)
import/fin/freyja21.tar.z (gzip'ed UNIX tar file)
import/fin/freyja21.txt (README file)
import/fin/freyj21s.exe (MS/DOS self-extracting archive)
import/fin/freyj21s.tar (UNIX tar file)
import/fin/freyj21s.tar.z (gzip'ed UNIX tar file)
eddie.mit.edu
distrib/hp95lx/editors/freyja21.*
note: optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)
name: Hemlock
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
organization/author:
Scott Fahlman
CMU Common Lisp project
Carnegie-Mellon University
USA
Scott.Fahlman@CS.CMU.EDU
free, anonymous FTP from
lisp-rt1.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
lisp-rt2.slisp.cs.cmu.edu in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/clisp/release
(you must cd the complete path in one command)
also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp
name: JED
original distribution: ?
version: 0.60
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, VMS
organization/author:
John E. Davis
+1 617 735 6746
davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.tar.Z unix distribution
amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.zip MSDOS distribution
(with jed.exe, after 1PM est 11/20)
amy.tch.harvard.edu in pub/jed/jed060.*_of_18 18 part VMS share
name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 4.14
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Jonathan Payne
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2550 Garcia Ave
Mountain View CA 94043
USA
free, anonymous FTP from
cayuga.cs.rochester.edu in pub/jove.*
cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove.*.*
comp.sources.[misc,unix] archives
also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
organization/author:
SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
SONY
Japan
note: Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
or pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ
name: Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs)
original distribution: April 1992
version: 19.6
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization:
Lucid, Inc.
707 Laurel Street
Menlo Park CA 94025-3440
USA
+1 415 329 8400
800 223 9322
lucid-info@lucid.com
help-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com
bug-lucid-emacs-request@lucid.com
free, anonymous FTP from
labrea.Stanford.EDU in pub/gnu/lucid/
liasun3.epfl.ch in /pub/gnu/
ftp.foretune.co.jp in /pub/GNU/lucid/
You can also buy tapes and manuals directly from Lucid. Call or send
email to lucid-info@lucid.com. This editor isalso included with
Lucid's Energize Programming System, a C/C++ environment notes: this
is a modified GNU Emacs, based on an early copy of version 19, similar
to Epoch. It currently requires X11r4 or X11r5 to run.
name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
original distribution: 1986
version: 3.0
base language: C
implementation language: Mutt
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
languages, compiled external to the editor")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC, Atari
organization/author:
Craig Durland
3419 SW Knollbrook
Corvallis OR 97333
USA
+1 503 750 3354
craig@cv.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
hpcvaaz.cv.hp.com in pub/pub/me3.shar.Z, pub/pub/me3.exe
name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 2a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
OS/9-68K, Primos
organization/author:
University of Texas
USA
free, anonymous FTP from
utadnx.cc.utexas.edu in MG2A.BCK_LZW
name: MicroEMACS
original distribution: ?
version: 3.12
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC,
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
Data General AOS/VS
kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
617 New York St
Lafayette IN 47901
USA
+1 317 742 5153
dan@mdbs.uucp
FIDO: The Programmer's Room 201/10
+1 317 742 5533
24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs3.11m/ue311m.arc.
midas.mgmt.purdue.edu in dist/uemacs311/*
between the hours of 5pm and 8am
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)
name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, NT
maintainer:
nemacs@etl.go.jp
organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
+81 298 58 5916
fax +81 298 58 5918
handa@etl.go.jp
handa%etl.go.jp@relay.cs.net
note: supports many scripts including most European languages, Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese in the same buffer. Much of
this may be incorporated into GNU Emacs 19. Also ported to
MS/DOS by the Demacs developer.
free, anonymous FTP from
etlport.etl.go.jp in /pub/mule
Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <handa@etl.go.jp>
ftp.mei.co.jp in /public/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
Manager: Motohide Murakami <murakami@msr.mei.co.jp>
sh.wide.ad.jp in /JAPAN/mule/mule-1.0
Manager: Akira KATO <kato@wide.sfc.keio.ac.jp>
ftp.funet.fi in /pub/gnu/emacs/mule
Manager: Hannu Aronsson <haa@cs.hut.fi>
name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version: 3.3.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
nemacs@etl.go.jp
organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
+81 298 58 5916
fax +81 298 58 5918
handa@etl.go.jp
handa%etl.go.jp@relay.cs.net
note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z
name: NILE
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
maintainer:
whoever is maintaining NIL
organization/author:
Richard Soley
free, anonymous FTP from
?
name: NotGNU
original distribution: January 1993
version: 1.4 (1993-10-04)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
requirements: DOS, Windows 3.x/NT, X11/OSF
organization/author:
Julie Melbin
P.O. Box 1007
Groton MA 01450
USA
julie@world.std.com
free, anonymous ftp from
netcom.com in /pub/notgnu/*
note: a mailing service and several mailing lists also exist; send
e-mail to `notgnu-request@netcom.com' containing the word `help' in
the message body. For current status, give the command `send info'.
name: OEmacs
original distribution: ?
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC w/Windows or DESQview/X
organization/author:
Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
theory.lcs.mit.edu /pub/emacs/oemacs/*
please only access outside 1500-2300 hours GMT/UTC
note: based upon GNU Emacs V19
name: Origami
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6.6?
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: OCL (custom)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Linux, Amiga
origanization:
Michael Haardt
Ruetscherstrasse 155/1703
5100 Aachen 1
Germany
mhaardt@ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp.thp.uni-koeln.de in linux/origami/*
Note:
Origami is a folding editor and can additionally process Inmos TDS
files, it comes with both emacs- and vi-style keybindings.
name: Scame
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Multihouse Automatisering bv
c/o Johan Vromans
Doesburgweg 7
2803 PL Gouda
the Netherlands
+31 1820 62911
fax +31 1820 62500
jv@mh.nl
note: loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy
name: TkEmacs
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: X11
organization/author:
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
garfield@cs.tu-berlin.de
Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
nickel@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
barkley.berkeley.edu in /pub/tkemacs/
coma.cs.tu-berlin.de in /pub/tkemacs/
note: TkEmacs is a text widget for Tcl/Tk using GNU Emacs 18.58. The
package contains XfEmacs, an application of the TkEmacs widget,
providing scrollbars, configurable drop-down menus, etc.
name: treemacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
Vipin Swarup
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
swarup@a.cs.uiuc.edu
USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*
notes: this is a modified GNU Emacs 18.51. It is GNU Emacs extended
to allow the direct editing of tree structures.
name: Win-Emacs
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.00.02 beta
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MS-DOS
organization:
Pearl Software
320 Lenox Ave
Oakland CA 94610
USA
+1 510 273 9795
fax +1 510 839 9820
pearl@netcom.com
free, anonymous FTP from:
netcom.com in /pub/pearl/*
note: This is derived from Lucid/GNU Emacs 19.4
---------- Implementations Sold by Vendors ----------
name: ADEPT
original distribution: ?
version:
base language:
implementation language:
extension language: yes, but not available to users
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
organization/author:
Wang
Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Alpha
original distribution: ?
version: 4.01
base language:
implementation language:
extension language:
scope of implementation:
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Pete Keheler
Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/util
name: amacs
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0 Release 2.8
base language: 6502 assembler
implementation language: 6502 assembler
extension language: macros / loadable libraries (assembled)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Apple // with ProDOS
organization/author:
Creative Thinking, Included
Brian Fox
bfox@ai.mit.edu
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Brief
original distribution: ?
version: 3.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp or C (choice)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Solution Systems
Suite 410
541 Main St
South Weymouth MA 02190
USA
+1 800 821 2492
+1 617 337 6963
fax +1 617 337 7719
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: CCA Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ELisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
Uniworks Inc.
P.O. Box K
Suite 323
Maynard MA 01754
USA
+1 508 897 6650
emacs!mau
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: E3
original distribution: ?
version: internal?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: REXX
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?/
organization/author:
IBM Corp.
?
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
implementation language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Prime
organization/author:
Prime Computer, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick MA 07160
USA
+1 508 651 3342
telex 174519
telex +1 612 508 651 2769
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: EMACS-TC
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
AT&T Toolchest
+1 201 522 6900, then login "guest"
USA
Warren A. Montgomery
+1 708 713 5090
att!iexist!warren
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Epsilon
original distribution: ?
version: 6.0
base language: C
implementation language: EEL
extension language: EEL, a dialect of C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
Lugaru Software Ltd.
5843 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15217
USA
+1 412 421 5911
fax +1 412 421 6371
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: EVE (Extensible VAX Editor)
base language: TPU
implementation language: TPU
extension language: TPU (Text Processing Utility)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Digital Equipment Corp.
?
USA
+1 ?
?
notes: (Courtesy of Juergen Nickelsen) It is not Emacs-like, but is
fully extensible. Source (TPU) is included. TPU is a programming
language for text processing, etc. that is also bundled with VMS. EVE
is the next best thing to GNU-Emacs on a VAX.
name: FrameMaker
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Macintosh
organization/author:
Frame Technology Corp.
1010 Rincon Circle
San Jose CA 95131
USA
+1 408 433 1928
Frame Technology International Ltd.
Unit 52 Airways Industrial Estate
Cloghran
Dublin 17
Ireland
+353 1 42 95 66
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Infinitor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: TPL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Agranat Systems
P.O. Box 191
Weston MA 02193
USA
+1 617 893 7868
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Interleaf
original distribution: ?
version: 5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Interleaf, Inc
Prospect Place
9 Hillside Ave
Waltham MA 02154
USA
+1 617 290 0710
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs) / PerfectWriter / The
FinalWord / FinalWordII
original distribution: 1980
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none / key rebinding only / key rebinding only/ custom
scope of implementation: command / command / command / extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M
organization/author:
Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
222 Third Street
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
+1 617 576 2760
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Multics Emacs
original distribution: 1978
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Honeywell Multics
organization:
Bernard Greenberg
Honeywell Bull
not free, contact vendor for price information
note from Carl Hoffman: Probably Multics Emacs' greatest claims to
fame are (1) having been the first to popularize the notion of
using a Lisp-like extension language which non-expert
programmers could use and understand, and (2) originating
certain constructs (e.g. "save-excursion", etc.) which today
survive in GNU Emacs.
note from Bernard Greenberg:
Multics Emacs was implemented in Multics MacLisp, also known
as Version 2 Lisp. Multics Emacs was the first and only
Multics Software Product in Lisp -- PL/I was the official
system language.
The notion of using Lisp for a mainframe product whose native
language was not Lisp was radical at the time. I chose Lisp
because of the possibility of implementing many small, cheap,
modular, easily-replaceable functions (not a possibility in
PL/I), having found this to be a major feature of an earlier
private tool I implemented in Multics MacLisp.
The notion of using Lisp on the Lisp machine (for Eine, and
later Zwei) was a requirement, not an innovation. It did not
speak to the issues of the suitability of Lisp for such a task,
nor to that of what would be the best language for such a task.
The idea of -choosing- Lisp for a mainframe editor implementation
was innovated here. The idea of augmenting Multics
TECO, and that of writing a TECO-like editor gut in flat-out
PL/I were rejected by me in favor of a Lisp program that
implemented editor functionality.
Inspired by the TECO in which EMACS (on ITS, then the only
program using that name) was implemented, I designed a
TECO-like control and "point" manipulation model in a Lisp
framework, which I thought was natural and obvious, not at all
similar to the buffer-pointer passing model of the Lisp
Machine editors. The natural combination of Lisp macrology
and scoping with this type of model proved to be flexible,
powerful, and appealing: this model caught on, and
is now the basis of everything in the world; the Lisp
machine's did not. The intellectual lineage of GNU Emacs, in
these regards, comes directly from James Gosling's Emacs,
which came directly from (and was credited to) Multics Emacs.
I rank the significant innovations of Multics Emacs as:
(1) Explicitly-designed extension languages, which could be
understood and used by non-experts.
(2) Lisp as an editor implementation language.
(3) Lisp and Lisp-macros as an extension language.
(4) A control regime and macrology, including many names
(e.g., "save-excursion"), that have become today become
semi-standard through GNU Emacs and other systems.
Major extensions that became part of the product should also
be credited to Richard Lamson, Gary Palter, and William York,
who became my guerilla band, back then.
name: PMATE, ZMATE
original distribution: ?
version: PMATE (DOS) 4.0, PMATE (CP/M) 3.21, ZMATE (CP/M, Z-System) 1.0
base language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
implementation language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
extension language: MATE macro language (TECO-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M, Z-System
organization/author:
original by Michael Aronson (MATE = Michael Aronson's Text Editor)
ZMATE version by Bridger Mitchell and Jay Sage
ZMATE available from:
Sage Microsystems East
1435 Centre Strt
Newton MA 02159-2469
USA
+1 617 965 3552
(Availability of PMATE for the PC is not certain at this time. Sage
Microsystems may be able to offer it.)
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Sage Professional Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: custom, C- and Awk-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Sage Software, Inc.
1700 NW 167th Pl
Beaverton OR 97006
USA
+1 503 645 1150
fax +1 503 645 4576
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Slick
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Slick extension language, REXX-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
MicroEdge Inc.
P.O. Box 2367
Fairfax VA 22031
USA
+1 703 670 4575
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: SPE Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2550 Garcia Ave
Mountain View CA 94043
USA
+1 415 960 1300
TLX 37 29639
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Sprint (in some countries 'Esprit')
original distribution: 1985?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Borland International
1800 Green Hills Rd
Scotts Valley CA 95067
USA
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Sys-IX Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: macro
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
System-IX (Networks) Ltd.
55 Bedford Court Mansions
Bedford Avenue
London WC1B 3AD
UK
+44 71 636 8210
fax +44 71 255 1038
G.W. Computers Inc.
4 Eagle Square
East Boston MA 02128
USA
+1 617 569 5990
fax +1 617 567 2981
note: may not be Emacs
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: Unipress Emacs
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Unipress Software Inc
2025 Lincoln Hwy
Edison NJ 08817
USA
+1 201 287 2100
fax +1 201 287 4929
telex 709418
note: was Gosling's Emacs
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: VOS Emacs
original distribution: ?
version: 10
base language: PL/I
implementation language: PL/I
extension language: none
scope of implementation: modified command set
hardware requirements: Stratus XA, IBM System/88 or Olivetti CPS-32 computer
software requirements: VOS operating system
organization/author:
Stratus Computer Inc.
55 Fairbanks Blvd
Marlboro MA 01752
USA
+1 508 460 2000
telex (294112) ANSBK STRA UR
not free, contact vendor for price information
name: ZMACS
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Symbolics
organization/author:
Symbolics, Inc.
8 New England Executive Park
Burlington MA 01803
USA
+1 617 221 1000
+1 800 533 7629
not free, contact vendor for price information
(Now somewhere in Concord.)
name: ZMACS (TI Explorer Emacs)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Explorer
organization/author:
Texas Instruments
12501 Research Blvd
Austin TX 78759
USA
+1 512 250 7111
+1 800 232 3200
fax +1 512 250 6522
not free, contact vendor for price information
---------- Implementations That Are No Longer Available ----------
name: EINE (EINE is not Emacs (the first known recursive acronym)),
ZWEI (Zwei Was Eine, Initially (the author knew German)),
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Lisp Machine
organization/author:
MIT
USA
no longer available
ZWEI eveolved into Zmacs and all of the Symbolics, Texas Instruments,
Lisp Machines, and related variants.
name: FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs)
original distribution: 1980?
version:
base language: BLISS
implementation language: BLISS
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: PDP-10
organization/author:
Mike Kazar
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
no longer available
name: Leif
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
The Saga Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1304 W. Springfield
Urbana IL 61801
USA
leif@a.cs.uiuc.edu
{pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif
note: Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.
name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: PSL, Common LIsp
implementation language: PSL, Common LIsp
extension language: PSL, Common LIsp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: HP series 9000
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
old symbolic languages group?
no longer available
name: TORES (Text ORiented Editing System)
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Jeffrey Schiller
MIT
USA
no longer available
name: PD Forthmacs System Editor
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Forth?
implementation language: Forth?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari?
organization/author:
Bradley Software
no longer available
name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
doubly-recursive acronym)))
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: PL/1
implementation language: SINE (Lisp-like)
extension language: SINE (Lisp-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MagicSix on Perkin-Elmer 3200 series
organization/author:
Owen "Ted" Anderson
MIT Architecture Machine Group
USA
no longer available
name: ue
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari ST
organization/author:
pm@cwru.edu
no longer available
Part of Gulam a public-domain shell.
name: VINE (Vine Is Not Emacs)
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: Fortran (!)
implementation language: Fortran
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
Texas Instruments
Dallas TX
USA
no longer available
name: Z80EMACS
original distribution: 1992?
version: 0.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CP/M
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM),
gnohmon@ssiny.com
uunet!ssiny!gnohmon
free, anonymous FTP from:
sibp.mit.edu in pub/z80/emacs/*
Z80EMACS is a port of microemacs 3.6 to the CP/M operating
system. Microemacs keeps all data in memory, and CP/M must live in a
64KB address space. By clever use of overlays and byte-squeezing and
tuning, Z80EMACS is able to edit files of size 30KB!
microemacs 3.6 had no facility for remapping the keyboard
bindings. Z80EMACS does it with an offline utility.
Z80EMACS uses overlays extensively, but the most frequently
used commands are all either in the root segment or in one particular
overlay. Since this overlay is usually already in memory, performance
is quite good, even when running from floppies.
Z80EMACS has the ability to edit multiple files, display
multiple windows, and do keyboard macros, among other things. This
makes it the spiffiest CP/M editor you could ever hope to see.
Z80EMACS comes with source and binaries; it was compiled with
AZTEC C, which few CP/Mmers have, so the binaries are more likely to
be useful than the source.
name: none
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: HLH Orions
organization/author:
Steven Zimmerman
no longer available
Dated 1983. Described as a "distant descendant of the one written by
Warren Montgomery at Bell Labs. Might be an early, non-commercial
version of CCA Emacs.
name: none
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1, 2.1 (?)
base language: C and 8088 assembler
implementation language: C and 8088 assembler
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, HP-150, TIPC
organization/author:
Don P. Bennett, Jr.
Hewlett Packard (when he wrote it)
no longer available
This editor identifies itself as "Emacs", and has HP-style
soft labels for the first eight function keys hard-bound to "file
commands," "window commands," "buffer commands," etc.
Versions 1.1 and 2.1 are known to exist. Other versions may
also have escaped. 1.1 was written in Microsoft C and 8088 assembler
1.0 (or was that 2.0?) in about 1985. 2.1 was written using Microsoft
C 3.0 in about 1986. All versions work quite usably, despite fatal
bugs in some commands. (Memory limits and large files can cause
death, "ESC-digit" causes immediate death.) ("If it dies when you do
that, stop doing it!")
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