Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 6. Text Editors

JOE-4.6

Introduction to JOE

JOE (Joe's own editor) is a small text editor capable of emulating WordStar, Pico, and Emacs.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

Package Information

Installation of JOE

Install JOE by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/joe-4.6 &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&

install -vm 755 joe/util/{stringify,termidx,uniproc} /usr/bin

Configuring JOE

Config Files

/etc/joe/jmacsrc, /etc/joe/joerc, /etc/joe/jpicorc, /etc/joe/jstarrc, /etc/joe/rjoerc, and ~/.joerc

Contents

Installed Programs: jmacs, joe, jpico, jstar, rjoe, stringify, termidx, and uniproc
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/joe, /usr/share/joe, and /usr/share/doc/joe-4.6

Short Descriptions

jmacs

is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Emacs emulation mode

joe

is a small text editor capable of emulating WordStar, Pico, and Emacs

jpico

is a symbolic link to joe used to launch Pico emulation mode

jstar

is a symbolic link to joe used to launch WordStar emulation mode

rjoe

is a symbolic link to joe that restricts JOE to editing only files which are specified on the command-line

stringify

is a program used by joe to convert rc and .jsf files into a C file (see /usr/share/doc/joe-4.6/util/README)

termidx

is a program used by joe to generate the termcap index file (see /usr/share/doc/joe-4.6/util/README)

uniproc

is a program used by joe to generate joe's unicode database file unicat.c from Blocks.txt CaseFolding.txt EastAsianWidth.txt and UnicodeData.txt (find them at /usr/share/doc/joe-4.6/util; see usr/share/doc/joe-4.6/util/README)