- SXEmacs
Infobox Software
name = SXEmacs
caption = SXEmacs 22.1.8 beta running under Linux.
author = Steve Youngs
developer = SXEmacs community
latest_release_version = 22.1.9
latest_release_date =June 6 2008
programming_language = C, elisp
operating_system = AnyUnix-like
language = English only
genre =Text editor , Lisp environment
licence = GPL v3
website = [http://www.sxemacs.org/ SXEmacs Website]SXEmacs is a fork of the
XEmacs text editor . It runs on manyUnix-like operating systems, and is notable for features such as FFI support, enhanced number types (similar to bignums in XEmacs 21.5), raw string regexps, and an implementation of Pugh's skip lists. [ Feature list extract taken from " [http://www.sxemacs.org/ SXEmacs Homepage] "] Any user can download SXEmacs as free software available under Version 3 of theGNU General Public License .History
On
December 31 ,2004 , Steve Youngs (lead developer) announced the creation of SXEmacs on the emacs-devel and xemacs-beta mailing lists. [See the announcement at " [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/31631 Merry Xmacs and a... OMG, what did you just say?] "]The software community generally refers to FSF GNU Emacs,
XEmacs , SXEmacs (and a number of other similar editors) collectively or individually as "emacsen" or as "emacs", since they all take their inspiration from the original TECO Emacs.The reasons he cited for the fork were:
* A belief thatXEmacs was too "broken" and unstable
* Wanting to make radical changes
* Wanting a development environment not embroiled inpolitics
* Wanting more control over the project
* Making it easier for Developers to contribute and get involvedSXEmacs and GPLv3
On
November 25 ,2007 , patch-34 of the main 22.1.8 development branch was committed. [Original post on GPLv3 at " [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.sxemacs.devel/1873 You, Me, and GPLv3] "] This marked the start of a transition to GPLv3. This transition was completed the following day (November 26 ,2007 ) with patch-37.References
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