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CE - the simple unix editor

In 1992 I had a uucp connection to the net and let friends and relatives dial into my box to use email and usenet: people that I couldn't even begin to train on using vi

I looked around ftp sites and found an editor called "ce" written by Charles Henrich that even my mom could use with ease. Things changed: the web emerged and people got their SLIP/PPP dial-ins, I shut down my uucp box and forgot all about ce.

I started thinking about it recently and couldn't find it anywhere on the net. Hunting thru some old QIC-150 tapes I found the source and Charles' name and was able to track him down. He has graciously agreed to let me make the source available and begin maintaining it.

So if you have users you don't want to train on vi/emacs or you want an editor that understands "Page Up"/"Page Down"/"Home"/"Insert"/etc on any POSIX system with a 101 key keyboard, you might want to try it.

email Joe Morris (joe@jolomo.net)