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More popularly known as just '''KEd''', the Kudzu Text Editor is a small, fast and fairly simple open source text mode editor that nonetheless manages to cram in a few interesting features, including:
|Picture=KED_001.png
|Name=Kudzu Text Editor
|Version=2.16 (2001)
|Vendor=Kudzu Software
|Author=Don Radick
|Licence=[[Two Clause BSD License]]
|WWW=
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The '''Kudzu Text Editor''' ('''KEd''') is a small, fast and fairly simple open source text mode editor that nonetheless manages to cram in a few interesting features, including:
* Shell to a new session
* Shell to a new session
* Safe Save - All files are save to a temporary file name and then automatically renamed.
* Safe Save - All files are save to a temporary file name and then automatically renamed.
* Block quoting
* Block quoting
But is lacking in some key areas such as mouse support and assignable keyboard mappings, the actual keyboard mapping utilised for the package is the same as used for [[Borland Sidekick]].
But is lacking in some key areas such as mouse support and assignable keyboard mappings, the actual keyboard mapping utilised for the package is the same as used for [[Borland Sidekick]].


Some of the limitation of the editor such as the 36 open file limit are due to the use of the Borland tool kit and it may be possible to get around them simply by compiling it under a more modern development system.  
Some of the limitation of the editor such as the 36 open file limit are due to the use of the Borland toolkit and it may be possible to get around them simply by compiling it under a more modern development system.  


==Version==
==Version==
*'''Latest version:''' [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/editors/ked216.zip v.2.16 binaries] - [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?sh=1&button=Search&key=ked_src_2-07.zip&stype=all&sort=type_name&dir=%2F Source code]
* 2.03 (May 1993)
* Requires: OS/2 2.0 or later. Source code is written in [[C++]] and is known to compile with [[Borland C/CPP]] and [[IBM C Set++ for OS/2]]
* 2.04 (May 1993)
: Older versions supported 16 bit OS/2 1.x
* 2.07 (Apr 1994)
* 2.16 (Jul 1995) - [ked216.zip]


==Language Support==
Requires: OS/2 2.0 or later. Source code is written in [[C++]] and is known to compile with [[Borland C++]] and [[IBM C Set++ for OS/2]]
* English - Built in
 
==License==
* Open source, released under the [[Two Clause BSD License]]


==Links==
==Links==
* [https://github.com/OS2World/APP-EDITOR-KEd Source code on Github]
* [https://github.com/OS2World/APP-EDITOR-KEd Source code on Github]
==Author==
* Kudzu Software
*Don Radick


[[Category:Text editors]] [[Category:Open Source Software]] [[Category:Software written in C++]]
[[Category:Text editors]] [[Category:Open Source Software]] [[Category:Software written in C++]]

Latest revision as of 14:21, 5 December 2022

Kudzu Text Editor
Name Kudzu Text Editor
Version 2.16 (2001)
Vendor Kudzu Software
Author Don Radick
Licence Two Clause BSD License
WWW

The Kudzu Text Editor (KEd) is a small, fast and fairly simple open source text mode editor that nonetheless manages to cram in a few interesting features, including:

  • Shell to a new session
  • Safe Save - All files are save to a temporary file name and then automatically renamed.
  • Block quoting

But is lacking in some key areas such as mouse support and assignable keyboard mappings, the actual keyboard mapping utilised for the package is the same as used for Borland Sidekick.

Some of the limitation of the editor such as the 36 open file limit are due to the use of the Borland toolkit and it may be possible to get around them simply by compiling it under a more modern development system.

Version

  • 2.03 (May 1993)
  • 2.04 (May 1993)
  • 2.07 (Apr 1994)
  • 2.16 (Jul 1995) - [ked216.zip]

Requires: OS/2 2.0 or later. Source code is written in C++ and is known to compile with Borland C++ and IBM C Set++ for OS/2

Links