Software:Pe (text editor)
 Pe logo, introduced in 2005 | |
| Developer(s) | Maarten Hekkelman |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 2.4.3
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| Written in | C / C++ |
| Operating system | BeOS, Haiku |
| Type | Text Editor |
| License | MIT |
| Website | https://github.com/olta/pe |
Pe, short for Programmer's Editor, is an open source text editor for the Be Operating System (BeOS), Haiku[1] and other BeOS-like operating systems, targeted towards source-code editing.[2] It is conceptually based on the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop and BBEdit, both of which are editing programs for the Mac OS.[3]
It can work as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML auto-completion support, automatic updating of files included within other files, and direct FTP integration.[4]
Pe was written by the Dutch programmer Maarten Hekkelman, who also wrote BDB, the source-level debugger for the BeOS, and the spreadsheet Sum-It!, first for classic Mac OS and later BeOS where it was packaged by Beatware as half of BeBasics.[5] Originally it was a commercial product sold on BeDepot for $50.[6] Later after being open sourced, it came preloaded with the first alpha release of Haiku in 2009.[7] Hekkelman also ported Pe to Macintosh under the name Pepper, until he ended development in 2002.[3]
Pe was used to write the BeOS Bible, as well as In the Beginning... Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson, both of which mention it.[8]
References
- ↑ "Pe". http://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/applications/pe.html.
- ↑ Kenlon, Seth. "Experience alternate computing with the Pe text editor | Opensource.com" (in en). https://opensource.com/article/20/12/pe.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pepper Author Maarten Hekkelman" (in en). https://daringfireball.net/2002/08/pepper_author_maarten_hekkelman.
- ↑ Tappe, Oliver (December 16, 2014). "BeOS". https://github.com/olta. https://github.com/olta/pe.
- ↑ "Hekkelman Programmatuur", hekkelman.com/index.html, November 24, 2013, http://www.hekkelman.com/software.html/, retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Pe, a new editor for BeOS". https://web.archive.org/web/19981205074439/hekkelman.com/pe.html.
- ↑ "BeOS-Nachfolger Haiku: Altes System, neue Technik" (in de). Der Spiegel. 2009-09-18. ISSN 2195-1349. https://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/beos-nachfolger-haiku-altes-system-neue-technik-fotostrecke-46788.html.
- ↑ Stephenson, Neal (1999). In the Beginning... Was the Command Line.. Neal Stephenson. ISBN 9780380815937. https://archive.org/details/inbeginningwasco00step.
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