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JOE (Joe's Own Editor)

Full featured terminal-based screen editor

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JOE is a terminal-based text editor that has been around since 1988. It is designed to be lightweight, easy to build, and suitable for small systems and recovery disks. It provides a blend of WordStar and EMACS key bindings and features, with support for multiple windows, syntax highlighting, hex editing, shell integration, and a powerful search/replace system. It is maintained by its original author and the open-source community.

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