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For a couple of decades, my go-to terminal-based editor has been JOE (Joe's Own Editor). [1] JOE has everything I need — it's fast, it has syntax highlighting,

For a couple of decades, my go-to terminal-based editor has been JOE (Joe's Own Editor). [1] JOE has everything I need — it's fast, it has syntax highlighting, multiple buffers, etc. Also, it uses the WordStar key bindings, which are the same bindings used by Turbo Pascal and the other Borland IDEs that I grew up with. But Micro looks great, too. [1] https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/ https://joe-editor.sourceforge.io/

vanderZwan 5y ago
I really appreciate that he ends the page with links to other editors to consider, in case his doesn't fit someone's needs
- mekster 5y ago
  Except the listing looks ancient and doesn't bring alternatives like this post's link. You don't use "sed" as a text editor.
  - vanderZwan 5y ago
    Presumably that is because the page is ancient too
donio 5y ago
JOE is where I started my Unix editor journey, the Wordstar bindings were familiar coming from DOS and Borland tools. From there I went on to jed which also had Wordstar support and it gave me a taste for extensibility. Jed's native keybindings were based on Emacs though so I eventually arrived to the real deal and it has been Emacs ever since then. But also learned vi basics along the way of course. :)
garyrob 5y ago
I feel the same way, I use JOE's jstar mode because I fondly recall using Wordstar under CP/M, and it has enough features for basic editing.
- vanderZwan 5y ago
  > JOE's jstar Is that an intentional reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or just a wonderful coincidence?
  - garyrob 5y ago
    I don't know JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I think it's a bizarre coincidence!
    - vanderZwan 5y ago
      "JoJo" is short for "Joseph Joestar", the protagonist of that manga, so yes, that would definitely be a bizarrely fitting coincidence :D
jlundberg 5y ago
Been using JOE in it’s jpico form for many years now. What got me started was actually how much faster it is on a Raspberry Pi compared to nano.

vanderZwan 5y ago

I really appreciate that he ends the page with links to other editors to consider, in case his doesn't fit someone's needs

mekster 5y ago
Except the listing looks ancient and doesn't bring alternatives like this post's link. You don't use "sed" as a text editor.
- vanderZwan 5y ago
  Presumably that is because the page is ancient too

donio 5y ago

JOE is where I started my Unix editor journey, the Wordstar bindings were familiar coming from DOS and Borland tools. From there I went on to jed which also had Wordstar support and it gave me a taste for extensibility. Jed's native keybindings were based on Emacs though so I eventually arrived to the real deal and it has been Emacs ever since then. But also learned vi basics along the way of course. :)

garyrob 5y ago

I feel the same way, I use JOE's jstar mode because I fondly recall using Wordstar under CP/M, and it has enough features for basic editing.

vanderZwan 5y ago
> JOE's jstar Is that an intentional reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure or just a wonderful coincidence?
- garyrob 5y ago
  I don't know JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I think it's a bizarre coincidence!
  - vanderZwan 5y ago
    "JoJo" is short for "Joseph Joestar", the protagonist of that manga, so yes, that would definitely be a bizarrely fitting coincidence :D

jlundberg 5y ago

Been using JOE in it’s jpico form for many years now. What got me started was actually how much faster it is on a Raspberry Pi compared to nano.