Software:Personal Editor

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Short description: 1980s text editor by IBM
Personal Editor
Personal Editor on Japanese PC DOS.jpg
Developer(s)IBM
Initial release1982; 42 years ago (1982)[1]
Operating systemPC DOS, DOS/V
PlatformIBM PC compatible
TypeText editor
LicenseProprietary software

Personal Editor (PE) and Personal Editor II (PE2) was a text editor developed by IBM for IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS in the 1980s. It became popular because of its easy, fast, and programmable (custom keyboard shortcuts) user interface.[2][3] PE influenced its successor text editors, such as Personal Editor 32, a modern 32-bit editor with a user interface based on PE2/PE3, and QE, a text editor for Linux systems.[4][5] Personal Editor 3 is an open source implementation for 64 bit Linux and Windows 10+ running Intel compatible processors, implemented using the SNOBOL5 programming language.

For Asia-Pacific region, IBM Japan released a DBCS version of Personal Editor for IBM 5550 and PS/55.[6][7] It was available in IBM's lineup over the years,[8] although the E editor came with PC DOS since version 6.1.

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References

  1. "PC-Communiques". PC Magazine 1 (9): 32. 5 January 1983. https://books.google.com/books?id=vy3cBZkjbZgC&pg=RA3-PA32. Retrieved 2019-05-07. 
  2. "PE2". Text Editors Wiki. http://texteditors.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PE2. 
  3. "PE2 Personal Editor". http://www.verycomputer.com/12_7e9b3c33bf5123c5_1.htm. 
  4. "Personal Editor 32". http://www.pe32.com/. 
  5. Binh Nguyen. Linux Dictionary. https://books.google.com/books?id=vdZWBQAAQBAJ. 
  6. 中野, 潔 (1985-11-18). "ハード最前線: 日本アイ・ビー・エム IBM5560 - 5550の約2倍の処理速度" (in Japanese). 日経パソコン (Nikkei McGraw-Hill): 93–97. ISSN 0287-9506. 
  7. "【創刊10周年記念特別企画】 Special Interview: キーマンが語る: 日本IBM情報システム(株) 竹村譲 氏、日本IBM(株) 羽鳥正彦 氏" (in Japanese). The BASIC (技術評論社) 120: 33–40. 1993. 
  8. "IBM Personal Editorの営業活動終了の発表" (in Japanese). IBM. 2003-05-30. https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/printableversion.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/760/WGD03006/index.html. 

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