Mg (editor)
Encyclopedia
mg, originally called MicroGnuEmacs, (and later changed at the request of Richard Stallman
), is a public-domain text editor
that runs on Unix-like
operating systems. It is based on MicroEMACS
, but intended to more closely resemble GNU Emacs while still maintaining a small memory footprint and fast speed. An expanded version of the original is included as part of OpenBSD
.
Richard Stallman
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), is a public-domain text editor
Text editor
A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code....
that runs on Unix-like
Unix-like
A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
operating systems. It is based on MicroEMACS
MicroEMACS
MicroEMACS is a small, portable Emacs-like text editor originally written by Dave Conroy in 1985, and further developed and maintained by Daniel M. Lawrence...
, but intended to more closely resemble GNU Emacs while still maintaining a small memory footprint and fast speed. An expanded version of the original is included as part of OpenBSD
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
.
History
- Nov 16, 1986: First release to mod.sources, according to the README.
- Mar 3, 1987: First Release (mg1a) via comp.sources.unix
- May 26, 1988: Second release: (mg2a) via comp.sources.misc
- Jan 26, 1992: LinuxLinuxLinux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
port released by Charles Hedrick. This version later makes its way onto tsx-11, Infomagic, and various other Linux repositories. - Feb 25, 2000: First import into the OpenBSD tree, where it is currently maintained
External links
- OpenBSD's mg man page.
- Kjell Wooding's mg page, including links to the original sources.
- Han Boetes' portable version of OpenBSD's mg.
- Tillanosoft's Windows port of mg.