Rand Editor

Rand Editor
Name	Rand Editor
Version
Vendor	Rand Corporation
Author	Walt Bilofsky
Licence	Public domain
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The Rand Editor is a multi-platform text editor that in its day pioneered concepts such as multi window editing. In the UNIX world the editor is also known as the e editor. Due to the existence of the e editor on OS/2 and other IBM operating systems, it is always referred to as the "Rand Editor" in the IBM world.

History

Originally introduced by the Rand Corporation in 1976 as NED (New Editor).

Versions

• 1991: E2 [e2_v321.zip]
• Latest version: E19.59

Links

• A Guide to NED - A New On-Line Computer Editor (Jul 1977)
• The CRT Text Editor NED manual - Introduction and Reference Manual (Dec 1977)
• The RAND Editor, e: Version 19 (1986)