- Mined (text editor)
Infobox Software
name = Mined
caption = Mined editing Unicode text
developer = [http://towo.net/mined Thomas Wolff]
latest_release_version = 2000.14
latest_release_date = July 2007
operating_system = OS-independent
genre =Text editor
license = GPL
website = http://mined.sourceforge.netMined ("MINIX Editor", pronounced min-ed) is a terminal-based
text editor providing extensiveUnicode andCJK support, available under the GPL.Mined was originally designed by
Andy Tanenbaum and written by MichielHuisjes as a simple text editor for theMINIX operating system in the mid-1980s. [cite web |url=http://www.minix-vmd.org/cgi-bin/man?/usr/man++mined |title=mined man page|accessdate=2008-04-03 |work=Minix-vmd Manual Pages]Mined is available for
Unix andLinux , Windows andDOS systems, and is included in the SUSE,Debian ,Cygwin andFreeBSD distributions.It was the first editor that supported Unicode in a plain-
text terminal (likexterm orrxvt ). Fact|date=February 2007Features
Mined is a
modeless editor, with menus and mouse support, and key bindings optimized for intuitive and fast navigation (optionallyWordStar like control key bindings).It fully supports Unicode, including
combining character s andbi-directional text , as well as converting to and from a large number oflegacy encoding s.Mined also contains functionality usually only found in
word processor s, such assmart quotes .See also
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List of text editors
*Comparison of text editors External links
* [http://mined.sourceforge.net mined homepage]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mined mined project page @ sourceforge]References
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