Netlabs EPM Distribution: Difference between revisions

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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)
Beta version 1.18 (2018)

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

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-The Netlabs EPM Distribution, originally know by the shorthand "NED" but more recently as '''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 and eComStation operating systems. Amongst the features that NEPMD offers are:
+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 color schemes and info bars
+* 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.
-Note that although the last official release was in 2002 the project is by no means dead, the code was still being worked on in 2016 with sporadic beta releases available.
 ==Versions==
 * Latest official build: 1.0 (2002)
-* There is also an unofficial version 1.13 build available
+* Beta version 1.18 (2018)
 ;Prerequisites
-* OS/2 Warp 4 or higher, OS/2 WarpServer for e-business, WorkSpace on-Demand or eComStation with [[Enhanced Editor]] version 6.03b installed.
+* 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==
 * [http://trac.netlabs.org/nepmd NEPMD homepage]
-* [http://nepmd.netlabs.org nepmd.netlabs.org Old NEPMD web site]
+* [http://nepmd.netlabs.org Old NEPMD web site]
-* [http://www.alice-dsl.net/schnellbacher-warp/ Andreas Schnellbacher's website] - has some beta bulds available
+* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/gjarviseng/epm Greg Jarvis's homepage] - also has some beta builds.
-* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/gjarviseng/epm www3.sympatico.ca/gjarviseng/epm Greg Jarvis's hompage] - also has some beta builds.
 * [http://www.os2ezine.com/20030216/page_3.html An introduction to Netlabs EPM Distribution] - on the OS/2 Ezine
-==Authors & publisher==
+==Authors==
 * [[Andreas Schnellbacher]]
 * Greg Jarvis
-* [[Netlabs]]
 [[Category:Text editors]][[Category:EPM]][[Category:Open Source Software]]