Netlabs EPM Distribution

The Netlabs EPM Distribution (NEPMD) it is a collection of open source macros and scripts that extend functionality and simplify the usage of the Enhanced Editor (EPM) from IBM that is shipped with the OS/2 Warp operating systems.

Features

Amongst the features that NEPMD offers are:

• User-friendly default configuration
• Improved keyword highlighting
• Configurable colour schemes and info bars
• New menu, toolbar and additional keyset
• Mode-dependent configuration including syntax expansion with coding styles and expression matching
• Improved command shell features
• Easier configuration to avoid macro recompilation.

Versions

• Latest official build: 1.0 (2002)
• 1.18 (2018)
• 1.23 (Sep 2021)
• 1.24 (Apr 2022)

Prerequisites

• OS/2 Warp 4 or higher with Enhanced Editor version 6.03b installed.

There is unofficial support for the package on OS/2 Warp 3 and OS/2 Warp Server 4, this installs a slightly older version of EPM on the system.

Links

• NEPMD homepage
• Old NEPMD web site
• Greg Jarvis's homepage - also has some beta builds.
• An introduction to Netlabs EPM Distribution - on the OS/2 Ezine

Authors

• Andreas Schnellbacher
• Greg Jarvis