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xedit is a text editor
for the X Window System
. It uses the Athena (Xaw
) widget toolkit
.
Originally written during the days of the MIT X Consortium (late in 1987) by Chris D. Peterson, it was relatively untouched until the late 1990s. The current version of xedit was modified by Paulo César Pereira de Andrade beginning in 2001 for XFree86
to include a Lisp interpreter used as a calculator. At the same time, he also made supporting changes to Xaw. This version of xedit also provides simple formatting, indenting and spell-checking (through an interface to ispell
).
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....
for the X Window System
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
. It uses the Athena (Xaw
Xaw
Xaw is short for the X Window System Athena widget set, which is a set of widgets to implement simple user interfaces based upon the X Toolkit Intrinsics...
) widget toolkit
Widget toolkit
In computing, a widget toolkit, widget library, or GUI toolkit is a set of widgets for use in designing applications with graphical user interfaces...
.
Originally written during the days of the MIT X Consortium (late in 1987) by Chris D. Peterson, it was relatively untouched until the late 1990s. The current version of xedit was modified by Paulo César Pereira de Andrade beginning in 2001 for XFree86
XFree86
XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System. It was originally written for Unix-like operating systems on IBM PC compatibles and is now available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is free and open source software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It is developed by the...
to include a Lisp interpreter used as a calculator. At the same time, he also made supporting changes to Xaw. This version of xedit also provides simple formatting, indenting and spell-checking (through an interface to ispell
Ispell
Ispell is a spelling checker for Unix that supports most Western languages. It offers several interfaces, including a programmatic interface for use by editors such as emacs...
).