Se (text editor)
Encyclopedia
se is also known as the Georgia Tech Screen Editor.
According to the README
file in its sources,
Se started out as the version of 'ed' that came with the book 'Software
Tools', by Kernighan and Plauger, which was written in Ratfor.
Several people, including Dan Forsyth and Arnold Robbins worked on the program, making improvements before and after converting it to C
in early 1985. The program was first posted to the comp.sources.unix newsgroup in December 1986. The final version noted in the external links dates from 1987.
There was also a different (and earlier) se screen-based editor for Unix, which was based on ed.
According to the README
README
A readme file contains information about other files in a directory or archive and is commonly distributed with computer software. Such a file is usually a text file called README.TXT, README.1ST, READ.ME, or simply README, although some Microsoft Windows software may occasionally include a...
file in its sources,
Se started out as the version of 'ed' that came with the book 'Software
Tools', by Kernighan and Plauger, which was written in Ratfor.
Several people, including Dan Forsyth and Arnold Robbins worked on the program, making improvements before and after converting it to C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
in early 1985. The program was first posted to the comp.sources.unix newsgroup in December 1986. The final version noted in the external links dates from 1987.
There was also a different (and earlier) se screen-based editor for Unix, which was based on ed.