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Emacs Implementations and Literature
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Note the information regarding "The Craft of Text Editing"!

People interested in this FAQ might also be interested in:

http://www.jwz.org/doc/emacs-timeline.html

and:

http://www.emacswiki.org

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Posted to comp.editors, comp.emacs, alt.religion.emacs, alt.answers,
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Description

This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list
of implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
editors. You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
additional information and/or updates.

This document is also gradually acquiring the role of a repository
of (at least) Emacs-related history. While that subject requires a
book to itself, this document will probably serve until someone
(_not_ me!) writes one.

This document is available via anonymous FTP and WWW. See above
URLs.

To be included in this list:

o A piece of literature should be a book, manual, article, paper,
or something that covers (or mentions) Emacs in particular or
text editing techniques in general. Specifically excluded are
items that are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a book on
"how to use vi") or vendor manuals for Emacs implementations
(as those are implicitly included in the implementations).
Non-vendor (i.e., third party) manuals are included.

o An implementation must either (1) be "advertised" as being an
Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and come with an Emacs
command set "mode" already written. Editors that are extensible
but do not come with such a mode (i.e., you have to write it
yourself) are not listed.

The following information is included for each implementation:

The *NAME* line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. Acronym
expansions are listed in ()s. Other acronyms:

TECO TAPE Editor and COrrector
(later: Text Editor and COrrector)
EMACS Editor MACroS

The *LAST* *CHANGED/VERIFIED* line contains the date that the entry was
last changed or an explict "looks ok to me" was received. This
field was added 1994-12-20, so all entries were initialized to that
value.

The *ORIGINAL* *DISTRIBUTION* is the date (or partial date) of the
first release. It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.

The *VERSION* is the latest known version. It is probably out of
date.

The *BASE* *LANGUAGE* is the language that you need a compiler or
interpreter for in order to use the editor. If the software is
distributed as a pre-compiled binary, this should be the language
that the program was written in.

The *IMPLEMENTATION* *LANGUAGE* is the language that the bulk of the
implementation is written in.

The *EXTENSION* *LANGUAGE* is the (often custom or modified) language
that the is used when altering or writing extensions to the
implementation. It is "none" if there is no extension language.

The *SCOPE* is either "command set" or "extensible." In the first
case, the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however
the user cannot readily change what the commands do. In the second
case, the user can fully control what all of the commands do.

The *REQUIREMENTS* is a brief characterization of what hardware or
software is required. The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
selection key; not be a comprehensive list. You should consult the
implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out
whether a specific implementation works in your environment. For
example:

o "UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.
o "IBM PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows
implementations.

(Starting Dec 1994 the list will support an additional level of
detail for IBM PCs.)

o "DOS" refers to MS/DOS support. May also run under Windows or
OS/2 in some mode. - "Windows" refers to Microsoft Windows support.
o "OS/2" refers to to OS/2 support. - "Windows NT" refers to
Microsoft Windows NT support.

The *ORGANIZATION* is the name of and contact information for the
implementor OR >CURRENT MAINTAINER<.

The *STATUS* is one of

o no longer available: Self-explanatory.
o free: The implementation is available to most people at no
charge. Even such "free" implementations may have restrictions:
consult information about the particular implementation. Where
available, information on how to obtain a copy is also listed.
o not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the vendor
for specifics.

Many of the names of the implementations in this list are
trademarked. Specific trademarks are not called out.

Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
Source availability varies among the not free implementations:
check with the vendor before you buy.

Table of Contents

Literature

GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp

Title: GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp
Author(s): Larry Ayers
Publisher: Prima Publishing
Size: 544pp
ISBN: 0-7615-2446-0
Price: $49.99

_Notes:_ 2001, with CD containing source and images of XEmacs
21.1.14 and 21.4.3, GNU Emacs 20.7 and 21.0, and many add-on
packages. Good coverage of customization and add-on packages.

Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition

Title: Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition
Author(s): Debra Cameron, james Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric Raymond, & Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 534pp
ISBN: 0-596-00648-9
Price: $39.95

_Notes:_ Emacs 21.30 and above

The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World

Title: The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Author(s): Craig A. Finseth
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Size: 220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
ISBN: 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
Price: $39.95
Japanese language edition: 4-938704-26-9 Y3600 paper

_Notes:_ 1991-10, first edition not version specific. The
Springer-Verlag edition is out of print. The book is available
via the web at:

http://www.finseth.com/craft

and is also available in print form from the author. It has ISBN
978-1-4116-8297-9 (10-digit: 1-4116-8297-1). It is available
from Lulu and from Amazon.com:

http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fHomepage=370764
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1411682971

GNU Emacs Reference

Title: GNU Emacs Reference
Author(s): Dennis Gentry
Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 55549
Seattle WA 98155
USA
[phone]
[phone] fax
***@ssc.com
Size: 18pp, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"
ISBN: 0-916151-83-2
Price: $4.50
Notes: 1995, updated


The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version

Title: The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
19 for Unix Users, Edition 2.01, June 1993
Author(s): Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman and the GNU
Manual Group
Pubisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 748pp + 18pp index
ISBN: 1-882114-20-5
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
Notes: -

Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs

Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Author(s): Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Consultants: Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
Publisher: Hayden Books (SAMS)
Size: xxiv + 504 pages, including index
ISBN: 0-672-30171-7
Price: $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN

_Notes:_ Copr. 1992, first printing 1992 Library of Congress
Catalog Card No. 91-62815

GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing

Title: GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Author(s): Michael A. Schoonover, John S. Bowie, and William R. Arnold
Publisher: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
Size: 640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
Price: $26.95

_Notes:_ 1991-11, first printing Emacs 18

GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33

Title: GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33
Author(s): Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 506pp
ISBN: 1-882114-52-3 (may have changed)
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF

Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours,

Title: Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
Author(s): Jesper Pedersen, with contributions from
Jari Aalto, Charles Curley, Eric Ludlam,
and Larry Ayers
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Size: approx. 445pp including index, CD included
ISBN: 0-672-31594-7
Price: $24.99 (to be released Apr/May 1999)

Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

Title: Writing GNU Emacs Extensions
Author(s): Bob Glickstein
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 215pp
ISBN: 1-56592-261-1
Price: $29.95

_Notes:_ April 1997, First Edition. "[E]xamples ... all developed
and tested in GNU Emacs version 19.34 under various flavors of
UNIX.... [P]resumes familiar[ity] with programming and with Emacs."
Lisp fundamentals are presented, with "Lisp Quick Reference."

GNU-Emacs binaries

GNU-Emacs

name: GNU-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 22.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:

too many to list

Organization:

Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place, Suite 330
Boston MA 02111-1307
USA
[phone]
[phone] fax
***@prep.ai.mit.edu

Free, anonymous FTP from:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/

OS/2 (proabably obsolete data):

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs

Windows Supplement (confirmed 2007-06-22):

EmacsW32
http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html

Macintosh ports (proabably obsolete data):

FSF's Emacs 20.6 port by Andrew Choi
http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/index.html

XEmacs 19.14 port to MacOS 8 and XEmacs 21.5.9 port
to Mac OS X by Pitts Jarvis
http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html

Version 1.17 is available from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet/
***@cs.cornell.edu

http://download.vector.co.jp/pack/mac/writing/edit/nit591.sea.bin
This is a bare-bones Japanese version of EMACS. It's missing all
the cool GNU-stuff (including help), but it does do split-
screening and all of the cursor/text editing commands that I
tried. It's a 86.7K (yes, that's kilobytes!) download. A very
sweet blend of EMACS and Macintosh technology.
(Edward <***@teleport.com>)

http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/
Version 20.6. This is by far the most comprehensive and
fastest version of EMACS for the Mac. It is also the most
actively developed version I know of. Even mail can be
implemented by remapping mail calls to Eudora-Lite Applescripts.
The only bummer is that there is no GNUS and no printing!
(Edward <***@teleport.com>)

http://packages.opendarwin.org/dmgs
Scott J. Kramer
x-***@sjk.us

WinCE (proabably obsolete data):

http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/emacs/emacs-wince.html

Binaries only (proabably obsolete data):

o for win95: ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest/i386/
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/dos/apps/editors/emacs19.24
ftp.imada.ou.dk:pub/mirrors/msdos/emacs-19.24
Randy Zack <***@acucobol.com>, MS-DOS,
o Linux sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO
o ftp://ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se/GNU-VMS/Beta/ EMACS-19_22-**.TAR-GZ.
info at: http://www.e.kth.se/elev/levitte/gnu/emacs.html
on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet

On UUCP, contact one of (proabably obsolete data (:-)):

hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
hqda-ai!merlin
uunet!hutch!barber
sun!nosun!illian!darylm
oli-stl!root
***@uunet.uu.net
***@cis.ohio-state.edu (or osu-cis!uucp)

Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
the news group comp.sources.d

_Note:_ You can also obtain tapes and CD-ROM distributions from the FSF.

Implementations Available For No Charge

AMIS

name: AMIS
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Pascal
implementation language: Pascal
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
organization/author:

Stacken Computer Club
c/o NADA
S-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
***@stacken.kth.se

_Note:_ the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is
the "ae" glyph). "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk,
or deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who
told me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a 1/2 inch,
2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage VMS version is $1000 US
(the money supports their DEC10 museum)

Addendum from Jesper Larsson <***@dna.lth.se>: This is
not quite correct. First, if "misAEr" is the Swedish word, "AE"
should not be the "ae" glyph (not used in Swedish -- maybe it's
spelled that way in Norwegian), but an "a" with two dots above
it. Secondly, this word actually means "destitution" or "penury".
It is closely related to the English word "misery". [ I am _not_
going to get in the middle of a how to translate Swedish to
English issue here -- Craig ]

free from
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops10_tools_bb-fp64b-sb/index.html


Anthony's Editor

name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: Feb 92
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
organization/author:
Anthony Howe
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
35 King St N
Waterloo Ontario
Canada N2J 6W9
***@mks.com
free, periodically posted to Comp.editors
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/Anthonys_Editor.zip

Aquamacs

name: Aquamacs
last changed/verified: 2006-06-28
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9.9d
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
http://aquamacs.org
free, from
http://aquamacs.org
This is a port of GNU-Emacs tailored to the Macintosh Aqua
environment.

AxE

name: AxE
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Jim Wright
docs at http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~larry/unix/unixdocs/editors/axe.html
http://it.aminet.net/pub/Unix/pkgs/editor/axe/

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/
Note: This is a GUI based Emacs-like editor using Athena widgets.
It may not even belong here.

Barry's Emacs

name: Barry's Emacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1994
version: V7.2-246 Win32,Release build 242
base language: C++
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp, Python
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Unix
organization/author:
Barry Scott
***@barrys-emacs.org
free, from:
http://www.barrys-emacs.org/
a bit of history...the source was posted to the net by James
Gosling (in about 1980-ish, I think). It was modifed by Barry,
within Digital Equipment Corporation. It ran on VMS and was
available only internally to Digital. The language changed to
Bliss-32 (better performance on VMS) and then to C (for
portability) and now C++. Barry left Digital in 1994 and about
then (or perhaps a little sooner?) released to the public.
-- Jack Horsfield <***@altavista.net>
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrysemacs/
Python implementation

Bzdired

name: bzdired
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1998
version: 7.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: superset of what you type
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM)
***@scscomm.com
free, from:
http://scscomm.com/~gnohmon/dired.cpio.gz
likely no longer available

Climax

name: Climax
last changed/verified: 2007-09-26
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
free from
http://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/

Demacs

name: Demacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-14
original distribution: 1992?
version: 1.2.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, 386 or better, MS-DOS
organization/author:
Manabu Higashida
Osaka University
JAPAN
***@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp

HIRANO Satoshi
University of Tokyo
Japan
***@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor

_Note:_ Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly
18.57). You may wish to check out OEmacs, GNU-Emacs v19.23 or
later, or NTEmacs.

E3

name: E3
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C,asm
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Linux, FreeBSD, BeOs
organization/author:
Albrecht Kleine
free, anonymous FTP from
http://sites.google.com/site/e3editor/

EDMACS

name: EDMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: TECO
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
organization/author:
Michael Bloom
***@ttidca.tti.com
free, anonymous FTP from

usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z
(in subdir "11-737" of tar image)

DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)

Edwin

name: Edwin
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: CScheme
implementation language: CScheme
extension language: CScheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, 386-DOS
organization/author:
Scheme Distribution
c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
545 Technology Sq. Room 410
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
info-cscheme-***@zurich.ai.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
also, check out other Scheme implementations

Elle

name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1g
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
organization/author:
Ken Harrenstein
c/o SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025
USA
***@nisc.sri.com
free, anonymous FTP from
nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)

Emacs

name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2006-03-21
original distribution: 1975
version: 165
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
Richard M. Stallman
MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
545 Technology Square
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220.tap.bz2

_Note:_ this is the original free, anonymous FTP from ?

Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+

name: Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+
last changed/verified: 2004-03-05
original distribution: 2000-?-?
version: 2.00
base language: HP49G-specific
implementation language: HP49G-specific
extension language: HP49G-specific
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements:
HP49G or HP49G+ calculator
organization/author:
Carsten Dominik, dominik science.uva.nl
Peter Geelhoed, p.f.geelhoed wbmt.tudelft.nl
free anonymous FTP:
http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/hpcalc/emacs/

_Note:_ While possibly not a "real" Emacs, this is just too
cool to leave out.

Emacs for NeXTstep

name: Emacs for NeXTstep (aka Emacs.app)
last changed/verified: 1995-06-15
original distribution: 1994-04-24
version: 4.1
base language: Objective C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Any hardware/software which GNU Emacs
19.28 runs on in general. To use the added NeXTstep features
requires NeXTstep 3.x or later (for best results 3.3 or later)
on any hardware platform supported by NeXTstep.
organization/author:
Carl Edman
Department of Physics
Princeton University
Princeton NJ 08540
USA
***@princeton.edu
free anonymous FTP:
- Binary package for m68k, i386, hppa and sparc NeXTstep machines on
ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/binaries/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.pkg.NIHS.b.tar.gz.
- Source on ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/sources/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.src.NIHS.s.tar.gz.

_Note:_ Emacs for NeXTstep 4.1 is a superset of GNU Emacs 19.28
with which it shares most of the code. The main change is that this
Emacs supports the NeXTstep window system on the same level as GNU
Emacs supports the X window system. It continues to fully support
the X window system as well.

Also, this may be new information on the same release: Emacs.app, a
full port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep also supporting NS features,
runs on Intel, NeXT, and HP hardware.

There are also two mailing lists for Emacs for NS,
<emacs-for-ns-***@lists.princeton.edu> and
<emacs-for-ns-***@lists.princeton.edu>. The former is intended
for general discussion and allows anybody to post. The latter
restricts posting and should contain only a handful of
announcements of new releases every year. Both of these lists are
handled by the CREN Listproc which means that you can subscribe and
unsubscribe automatically. For example, to subscribe to
emacs-for-ns-users I'd send a message with the content `SUBSCRIBE
emacs-for-ns-users Carl Edman' to <***@lists.princeton.edu>.
For more details write to the same address with the content `HELP'.

This is the second public release of Emacs for NeXTstep (**).

** So why in the world is it called version 4.1 ? To avoid
confusion with the older Emacs.app interface (lately up to
version 3.1) which is completely unrelated except for the fact
that its author, Michael Brouwer, has been a major contributor to
this project as well. And even he has replaced the old Emacs.app
with Emacs for NeXTstep.

Emacs for OS X and OS 9

name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2005-02-03
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Sebastien Kirche
***@free.fr
free, from
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/en.html

OS X and OS 9 ports.

EmACT

name: EmACT
last changed/verified: 2007-01-03
original distribution: 1986 (bundled with Let'C compiler)
version: 2.50.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Minimal Lisp and/or OpenLisp (this one is not GPL)
scope of implementation: command set, tailored for Lisp programs
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Pocket PC, Unix
organization/author:
Christian Jullien - Eligis
4, villa des reinettes
S-95390 Saint-Prix
France
jullien(at)eligis(.)com
free (GPL) from
http://www.eligis.com/emacs

Note: this a 1986 fork (sic!) of Conroy's MicroEmacs. The name
comes from a company the author worked for when starting this
development. The motivation was to implement a Lisp-friendly
editor on MS-DOS PC to write programs for Le-Lisp dialect.
It is now the editor of choice for OpenLisp
(see http://www.eligis.com).

Epoch

name: Epoch
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign IL
USA
epoch-***@cs.uiuc.edu
uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
epoch-request%***@uiucvmd.bitnet
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*

_Note:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs. Has been merged with Lucid
emacs.

ErgoEmacs

name: ErgoEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
original distribution: ?
version: 1.7.1
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: Lisp
hardware/software requirements: Emacs 23
organization/author:
Xah Lee and David Capello
free, anonymous FTP from
http://ergoemacs.org/

Ermacs

name: Ermacs
last changed/verified: 2003-09-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9
base language: Erlang
implementation language: Erlang
extension language: Erlang
scope of implementation: Erlang
hardware/software requirements: Erlang, S-Lang
organization/author:
Luke Gorrie
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.bluetail.com/~luke/ermacs/

ErsatzEMACS

name: ErsatzEMACS
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Chris Baird
<***@brushtail.apana.org.au>
free, from github
https://github.com/stangelandcl/ersatz-emacs.git

Note: This derived from MicroEmacs 3.06. The title "Ersatz"
comes from the category Richard Stallman uses in MIT AI Memo 519a
to describe those editors that are a surface-deep imitation
(key bindings) of "real" ITS Emacs.

Evi

name: evi
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1988-01-01
version: 0.1
base language: any vi editor itself
implementation language: UNIX Bourne shell,
vi key mappings and vi command files
extension language: vi key mappings and vi command files
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: a vi editor that can map keys and
read command files
organization/author:
Bo Thide', of the Swedish Inst. of Space Physics
***@irfu.uucp
free, anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/text-processing/vi/macros/evi.tar.Z

_Note:_ This is a set of vi macros that does a fairly full Emacs
implementation.

FINE

name: FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: 1980?
version:
base language: BLISS-10
implementation language: BLISS-10
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: PDP-10
organization/author:
Mike Kazar
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
free from
ftp://ftp.ultimate.com/pdp10/fine/

Folding Editor

name: fe (folding editor)
last changed/verified: 2004-12-14
original distribution: 1.0
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, SYSV curses
origanization:
Michael Haardt
Guestener Strasse 8
52445 Titz
Germany
***@moria.de
http://www.moria.de/~michael/fe/

_Note:_ `fe' is a library of editor primitives, with the user
interface built on top of that library. - fe is a successor to
Origami.

Freemacs

name: Freemacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6a
base language: 8086 assembler
implementation language: 8086 assembler
extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
P(MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC

Organization/author:

Russell Nelson
11 Grant Street
Potsdam NY 13676
USA

Internet: anonymous FTP from

ftp.cygnus.com in /pub/embedded/free-dos/editors/

BBS:

[phone] - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
No registration required to download Freemacs.

Bitnet and UUCP:

Send mail to archive-***@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
archive-server%***@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
{smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help'. If you do not
get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken. You'll
need to use the path command to give a mail address that our
mailer can grok. Our mailer can send mail to any address with an
'@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP" pseudo-addresses. Mail:
$15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author. This will assure
you of the latest version. Please specify floppy format: [5.25,
1.2 Meg], [5.25, 360K], [3.50, 720K]

Freyja

name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
Emacs, Yet Joins All)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, UNIX, HP95LX, HP100LX
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
1343 Lafond
St. Paul MN 55104-2437
USA
[phone]
***@finseth.com
free from the author
http://www.finseth.com/parts/freyja.php

_Note:_ optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)

Gnome

name: Gnome (Generally NOt the Micro Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Atari, MSDOS, Unix, CPM
organization/author:
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/msdos/text/gnome/gnome.arc%5Bpeek%5D
http://www.su.shuttle.de/gnome24.tgz

?

Note: This is another old spin off Micro Emacs 2.x, small and
fast. Sources should be in the old atari-archives (if
atari.archive.umich.edu exists, if not point ftpsearch to gnome.arc)
supports VMS, Atari, MESSDOS, Unix 7, CP/M.

GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port

name: GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port
last changed/verified: 1995-01-11
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.17
base language: C (CodeWarrior 6-7)
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh, System 7
organization:
?
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet

_Note:_ based on 18.59, FAT binary

_Note:_ see also the "Macintosh" section of the GNU Emacs writeup

Gnu TeXmacs

name: Gnu TeXmacs
last changed/verified: 2002-04-03
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0.0.1
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: Scheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix or Cygwin
organization/author:
Joris van der Hoeven, <mailto:***@texmacs.org>
free
http://www.texmacs.org/
http://www.alqua.com/tmresources/

_Note_: TeXmacs is a wysiwyg typesetting system that
interfaces with symbolic math packages. It borrows from emacs
the use of configurable keybindings. Near fututre: More extension
languages (Perl), better Web browsing capabilities, MathML support.

Gulam

name: Gulam
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Atari
organization/author:
?

Note: Another Micro Emacs 2 derivative extended by the possibility
to act as a Unix-like shell on the Atari ST.

Gulam is a command line interpreter. The Atari ST (an MC68000-based
personal computer) version was released as a non-profit distribution
to the public in 1987. It is now kept in all the anonymous FTP
archives for that machine. It was in daily use by thousands. It
integrated an Emacs-like editor, command line history, etc. into a
very compact program. These features are now common-place in modern
shells.
http://193.166.3.2/pub/atari/sysutil/

Hemlock

name: Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2000-10-09
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
organization/author:
Scott Fahlman
CMU Common Lisp project
Carnegie-Mellon University
USA
***@CS.CMU.EDU
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp

(Portable) Hemlock

name: Portable Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2011-08-17
original distribution: 2002-11
version:
base language: Common Lisp
implementation language: Common Lisp
extension language: Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Common Lisp, Unix X11, MacOSX
organization/author:
Gilbert Baumann
***@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
free, anonymous CVS from
http://common-lisp.net/project/phemlock/
also as part of Clozure Common Lisp

Jade

name: Jade (anagram of: A Jed)
Last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1993
version: 3.2 / 4.0 alpha
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with X11
organization/author:
John Harper
***@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/people/John.Harper/jade/
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~john/jade/
above links gone; may exist at archive.org
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/jade-3.2.tar.gz

Jasspa

name: Jasspa MicroEmacs, also NanoEmacs
Last changed/verified: 2004-03-29
original distribution: ?
version: 2004.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows, DOS
organization/author:
see site
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.jasspa.com

JED

name: JED
last changed/verified: 1998-04-27
original distribution: ?
version: 0.F98.1B
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: S-Lang
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, X11, VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows,
small systems
organization/author:
John E. Davis
***@space.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/jed
http://space.mit.edu/%7Edavis/jed.html
From a user:

...and I think it is worth to mention that JED (which is the
"GNUishest" of all the non-GNU implementations -- almost *every*
keystroke is like within GNU/XEmacs) has the complete editing
part of the AUCTEX-package built in, with BibTeX-mode, so if you
have to edit La/BibTeX-source outside your home/business, JED
might be your first choice.

And, what's more than that: JED runs on the smallest PC systems
used these days: in the library etc. I take my Toshiba T1000
(which was the first laptop and has a 4.77 MHz CPU in it: 512 KB
RAM, *no* HD and a single FD) -- and works like a charm since it
loads the necessary modules into memory only when needed (dired
etc.).

Unlike "freemacs" (which was my favourite editor before JED) it
can manage files over 64 KBytes in size and it is further under
development.

Since it runs on Linux to (with a special XJed binary) I use it
for quick tasks on my desktop, too.

JEmacs (Kawa)

name: Kawa (JEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6.66
base language: Java
implementation language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
extension language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Windows, Macinotsh
organization/author:
Per Bothnet
***@bothner.com
http://www.bothner.com/~per
free from
http://jemacs.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
http://home.earthlink.net/~athene/2/scheme/mackawa.html
(Macintosh version)

JOE

name: JOE (Joe's Own Editor)
last changed/verified: 2000-11-03
original distribution: 1992? (that's in the copyright notice)
version: 2.8
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, DOS
organization/author:
Joseph H Allen
***@world.std.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.std.com in src/editors/joe2.8.tar.Z

JOVE, Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs

name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: 1984...
version: 4.16 (1996 Mar 19)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MSDOS, Win32, Macintosh
organization/author:
Hugh Redelmeier
***@mimosa.com
[phone]

list is ***@cs.toronto.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove/
also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
note: see also Tovj

KEmacs, Kanji Emacs

name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
organization/author:

SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
SONY
Japan

_note:_ Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i

Free, anonymous FTP from

ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ

ME2, Mutt Editor II

name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: 1986
version: 3.0
base language: C
implementation language: Mutt
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
languages, compiled external to the editor")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC, Atari
organization/author:
Craig Durland
3419 SW Knollbrook
Corvallis OR 97333
USA
[phone]
***@cv.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.eunet.bg/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/me_cd25.zip (MS-DOS version)
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/Editors/Mutt/ (AtariST version, with source)

Meadow

name: Meadow, Multilingual enhancement to gnu Emacs with
ADvantages Over Windows
last changed/verified: 2000-12-13
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:

Organization/author:

Hisashi Miyashita
***@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

_Note:_ With the multilingual support now merged into NTEmacs in
20.4, it is no longer necessary to use a special version of Emacs
for other languages, but MULE users may find upgrading to Meadow
easier than to NTEmacs because of slight differences in the way
they handle fonts. Meadow also has a couple of features that are
still missing from NTEmacs, such as support for native IMEs and
the special keys on Japanese keyboards.

Free, anonymous FTP from

?

MG, MicroGNU Emacs

name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1986
version: 2a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
OS/9-68K, Primos
organization/author:
Mike Meyer
but contact:
mg-***@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
gatekeeper.pa.dec.com in rom/fred-fish/FF_DISKS/100-199/FF147.LZH
possibly also at
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

MicroEMACS

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 1998-05-26
original distribution: ?
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
Data General AOS/VS, Apple IIgs
kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
617 New York St
Lafayette IN 47901
USA
[phone]
***@mdbs.uucp
FIDO: The Programmer's Room 201/10
[phone]
24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
aquest.com in pub/uemacs400/disk1
Source and development files
pub/uemacs400/disk2
MSDOS/Windows/Windows 95/
Windows NT / OS/2
distribution disk
http://members.xoom.com/uemacs/
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)

MicroEMACS #2

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1986-12-01
version: 02-oct-87
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh,
Data General AOS/VS
organization/author:
Dave G. Conroy
Christian M. Jullien
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAXORIG.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)

MicroEMACS #3

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12a (23-jun-93)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
[phone]
***@Roumazeilles.net
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/UEMACS312a.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is a minor evolution from MicroEmacs v3.12
from Daniel M. Lawrence. It was a tentative change that
did not bring any useful fruits.

MicroEMACS #4

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/Uemacs312.zip
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is almost certainly an old version of a MicroEMACS
shown elsewhere in the FAQ.

MULE, Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs

name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1995-07-14
original distribution: ?
version: 2.2.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, NT

Maintainer:

***@etl.go.jp

Organization/author:

Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@etl.go.jp
handa%***@relay.cs.net

_Note:_ supports many scripts including most European languages,
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese in the same buffer.
Much of this may be incorporated into GNU Emacs 19. Also ported to
MS/DOS by the Demacs developer.

Free, anonymous FTP from

for Japanese sites:
etlport.etl.go.jp [192.31.197.99]:/pub/mule
Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <***@etl.go.jp>
for sites not in Japan:
sh.wide.ad.jp [133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule
Manager: Akira KATO <***@wide.ad.jp>
The following sites are mirroring mule and will get ready
with in a few days [of 1 March 1995].
for Japanese sites:
ftp.mei.co.jp [202.13.88.131]: /archive/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
Manager: Motohide Murakami <***@msr.mei.co.jp>
ftp.iij.ad.jp [192.244.176.50]:/pub/misc/mule
Manager: Takamichi MIYOSHI <***@iij.ad.jp>
for US sites:
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.9]:/pub/mule
Manager: Rafhael Cedeno <***@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
for other foreign sites:
ftp.funet.fi [128.214.6.100]:/index/mule
Manager: Hannu Aronsson <***@cs.hut.fi>
cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]:/pub/gnu/mule
Manager: The System Group <***@cs.huji.ac.il>
based on Emacs 19.28

Nemacs, Nihongo Emacs

name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.3.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
***@etl.go.jp
organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@etl.go.jp
handa%***@relay.cs.net
note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z

NILE

name: NILE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
maintainer:
whoever is maintaining NIL
organization/author:
Richard Soley
free, anonymous FTP from
?

NotGNU

name: NotGNU
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: January 1993
version: 1.95 May 1999
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
requirements: DOS, Windows 3/95/98/NT, X11/OSF
organization/author:
Julie Melbin
P.O. Box 1007
Groton MA 01450
USA
***@world.std.com
free, anonymous ftp from
http://www.notguu.org

NTEmacs

name: NTEmacs
last changed/verified: 2000-02-18
original distribution: 1993?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, DEC Alpha, or MIPS running Windows NT
organization/author:
Geoff Voelker
***@cs.washington.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs
http://www.fsf.org/software/emacs/windows/ (FAQ)
ftp.cs.washington.edu in /pub/ntemacs
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html

_Note:_ NTEmacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 19.17 As of
10/8/94, a beta test version of Emacs 19.27 ported to Windows NT is
available from june.cs.washington.edu:/pub/voelker/trial. The port
will be merged into a forthcoming release of GNU Emacs.

Latest versions are 19.34, 20.3 and 20.4 which may be for Win 95
and Win NT only.

Ntemacs.exe

name: ntemacs.exe
last changed/verified: 1995-02-16
original distribution: 1995?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows NT
organization/author:
Conguent Corporation
[phone]
free, anonymous FTP from
microlib.cc.utexas.edu:/microlib/nt/gnu/gnubin.tar.Z.
note: Conguent sells support

Nitemacs

name: Nitemacs
last changed/verified: 1999-04-26
original distribution: 1994
version: 5.9.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Shigeru Chiba, University of Tsukuba, Japan
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.softlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp/~chiba/nitemacs.html
"An Emacs-like lightweight editor"

NTNOT

name: NTNOT
last changed/verified: 2002-03-19
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:

?

_Notes:_ This may be NotGNU as the NotGNU executable is "NTNOT.EXE".

OEmacs

name: OEmacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-19
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC or DESQview/X
organization/author:
Darryl Okahata
Internet: ***@sr.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor
note: based upon GNU Emacs V19.19, successor to DEmacs

PE, PalEdit

name: PE (PalEdit)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: palmtop environment, HP100LX/200LX
organization/author:
Andreas Garzotto
***@swssai.uu.ch
free, download
http://www.dasoft.com/PE/latest.htm

Perfect Emacs

name: pe, pEmacs, Perfect Emacs
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: 2013-02-18
version: 1.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Hugh Barney
<***@gmail.com>
free, from github
https://https://github.com/hughbarney/pEmacs.git

Note: Derived from ErsatzEMACS 1.0. The main enhancements
being incremental search, filename completion and further
reduction in footprint. The name Perfect EMACS comes from
an attempt to find the point where nothing further can be
taken away whilst retaining a useful Emacs-like editor.

QEmacs

name: QEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.3.1
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Fabrice Bellard
free
http://bellard.org/qemacs/
note: Full screen editor with an Emacs compatible key subset
(including undo and incremental search) and emacs
look and feel.

SXEmacs

name: SXEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: 2004-12-31
version: 22.1.3
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp (built on Xemacs)
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Steve Young
free
http://www.sxemacs.org

Tint

name: Tint
last changed/verified: 2002-10-02
original distribution: 1998
version: 0.14
base language: C++
implementation language: C++/Tint
extension language: tint
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Darwin, Windows
organization/author:
Michael K Montague, <mailto:***@exmsft.com>
free
http://tintware.sourceforge.net/

TkEmacs

name: TkEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: X11
organization/author:
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de

Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
barkley.berkeley.edu in /pub/tkemacs/
coma.cs.tu-berlin.de in /pub/tkemacs/

_Note:_ TkEmacs is a text widget for Tcl/Tk using GNU Emacs 18.58.
The package contains XfEmacs, an application of the TkEmacs widget,
providing scrollbars, configurable drop-down menus, etc.

TM

name: TM (a/k/a/ Tinymacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: assembler
implementation language: N/A
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Brian H. Kelley
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de

Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
http://www.bhk.com/tm/index.html (homepage, apparently off line)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tmsource.zip (source)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tm14.zip (binaries)

Tovj, Tom's own version of Jove

name: Tovj (Tom's own version of Jove), may be renatmed to Jat
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.6.14.32 patch-level 11
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Tom Hageman
***@icce.rug.nl
Karel Kubat
***@icce.rug.nl
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.icce.rug.nl in pub/tom/jove/jove-4.6.14.32#11.tar.gz
also other directories i the file

Treemacs

name: treemacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
Vipin Swarup
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
***@a.cs.uiuc.edu
USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*

_Notes:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs 18.51. It is GNU Emacs
extended to allow the direct editing of tree structures.

Xedit

name: xedit, xedplus
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
http://siag.nu

Note: Most anything using Athena widgets counts. This version
is part of the Siag office package.

XEmacs, Emacs the next generation

name: XEmacs (nee Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs))
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: April 1992
version: 21.4.15
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows
maintained by the Xemacs Development Team, xemacs-***@xemacs.org
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs
mailing lists:
http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/
FAQ:
http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html
Releases:
http://www.dk.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Stable

Xyzzy

name: Xyzzy
last changed/verified: 2002-11-17
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
free from:
http://www.jsdlab.co.jp/~kamei/
FAQ:
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~henmi/lisp/xyzzy/#cust01
http://dns.carabiner-systems.com/xyzzy/

YR-Emacs

name: YR-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987
version: 1.30a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2,
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
[phone]
***@Roumazeilles.net
free, from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAX130A.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)

Zile, Zile is lossy Emacs

name: Zile (Zile is lossy Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-08-20
original distribution: 1997-06-08
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, ncurses
organization/author:
Sandro Sigala
Viale De Gasperi, 8
25041 Boario Terme (Brescia)
Italy
***@sigala.it
free, anonymous FTP from
http://zile.sourceforge.net/
http://www.sigala.it/sandro/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/emacs/clones

Implementations Sold by Vendors

ADEPT

name: ADEPT
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language:
implementation language:
extension language: yes, but not available to users
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
organization/author:
Wang
Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
not free, contact vendor for price information

Alpha

name: Alpha
last changed/verified: 2000-01-25
original distribution: ?
version: 7.2.2
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: TCL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Pete Keheler
Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
http://alpha.olm.net/
ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/pub/alpha/

Amacs

name: amacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0 Release 2.8
base language: 6502 assembler
implementation language: 6502 assembler
extension language: macros / loadable libraries (assembled)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Apple // with ProDOS
organization/author:
Creative Thinking, Included
Brian Fox
***@ai.mit.edu
not free, contact vendor for price information

Brief

name: Brief
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp or C (choice)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Solution Systems
Suite 410
541 Main St
South Weymouth MA 02190
USA
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
acquired by Borland

CCA Emacs

name: CCA Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ELisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
Uniworks Inc.
P.O. Box K
Suite 323
Maynard MA 01754
USA
[phone]
emacs!mau
not free, contact vendor for price information

dde

name: dde
last changed/verified: 2010-02-02
original distribution: 1985
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: x86 Linux or Windows
organization/author:
DALSoft
http://www.products.dalsoft.com/dde.html
not free, contact vendor for price information

E3

name: E3
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: internal?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: REXX
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
IBM Corp.
?
not free, contact vendor for price information

EMACS-TC

name: EMACS-TC
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
AT&T Toolchest
[phone], then login "guest"
USA

Warren A. Montgomery
[phone]
att!iexist!warren
not free, contact vendor for price information

Epsilon

name: Epsilon
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: 1984-08-01
version: 10.0
base language: C
implementation language: EEL
extension language: EEL, a dialect of C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC (Unix, Windows NT, Windows, DOS, OS/2)
organization/author:
Lugaru Software Ltd.
1645 Shady Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15217
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
http://www.lugaru.com
not free, contact vendor for price information

EVE, Extensible VAX Editor

name: EVE (Extensible VAX Editor)
base language: TPU
implementation language: TPU
extension language: TPU (Text Processing Utility)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Digital Equipment Corp.
?
USA
+1 ?
?

_Notes:_ (Courtesy of Juergen Nickelsen) It is not Emacs-like, but is
fully extensible. Source (TPU) is included. TPU is a programming
language for text processing, etc. that is also bundled with VMS.
EVE is the next best thing to GNU-Emacs on a VAX.

FrameMaker

name: FrameMaker
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Macintosh
organization/author:
Frame Technology Corp.
1010 Rincon Circle
San Jose CA 95131
USA
[phone]

Frame Technology International Ltd.
Unit 52 Airways Industrial Estate
Cloghran
Dublin 17
Ireland
[phone]

now part of Adobe
not free, contact vendor for price information

Fred, Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately

name: Fred (Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately)
last changed/verified: 1998-02-17
original distribution: ?
version: MCL 4.2, MCL 3.3
base language: Macintosh Common Lisp
implementation language: Macintosh Common Lisp
extension language: Macintosh Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Digitool
http://www.digitool.com/
not free: available with Macintosh Common Lisp

Infinitor

name: Infinitor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: TPL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Agranat Systems
P.O. Box 191
Weston MA 02193
USA
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

InfoDock

name: InfoDock (built atop XEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: 1994
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with Win32 port planned
organization/author:
Bob Weiner
Altrasoft
***@altrasoft.com
later maintained and supported by beopen.com (now defunct)

_Notes:_ InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly
aimed at technical people. It is built atop the XEmacs variant of
GNU Emacs and so has all of the power of Emacs, but with a much
easier to use and more comprehensive menu and toolbar-based user
interface. We find that most objections people raise to using Emacs
have already been addressed in InfoDock. See
http://infodock.sourceforge.net for more information.

Interleaf

name: Interleaf
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Interleaf, Inc
Prospect Place
9 Hillside Ave
Waltham MA 02154
USA
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


M

name: M
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.21
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, Windows, NT
organization/author:
Greg Gadbois
***@dragonsys.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
A shareware version is available from the author
A premium version is available from the author

Mince

name: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs) / PerfectWriter / The
FinalWord / FinalWordII
last changed/verified: 1998-07-07
original distribution: 1980
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none / key rebinding only / key rebinding only/ custom
scope of implementation: command / command / command / extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M
organization/author:
Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
sold to Borland International
not free, contact vendor (Borland) for price information

Multics Emacs

name: Multics Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1978
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Honeywell Multics
organization:
Bernard Greenberg
Honeywell Bull
not free, contact vendor for price information

_Note_ from Carl Hoffman: Probably Multics Emacs' greatest claims
to fame are (1) having been the first to popularize the notion of
using a Lisp-like extension language which non-expert programmers
could use and understand, and (2) originating certain constructs
(e.g. "save-excursion", etc.) which today survive in GNU Emacs.

_Note_ from Bernard Greenberg: Multics Emacs was implemented in
Multics MacLisp, also known as Version 2 Lisp. Multics Emacs was
the first and only Multics Software Product in Lisp -- PL/I was the
official system language.

The notion of using Lisp for a mainframe product whose native
language was not Lisp was radical at the time. I chose Lisp because
of the possibility of implementing many small, cheap, modular,
easily-replaceable functions (not a possibility in PL/I), having
found this to be a major feature of an earlier private tool I
implemented in Multics MacLisp.

The notion of using Lisp on the Lisp machine (for Eine, and later
Zwei) was a requirement, not an innovation. It did not speak to the
issues of the suitability of Lisp for such a task, nor to that of
what would be the best language for such a task. The idea of
-choosing- Lisp for a mainframe editor implementation was innovated
here. The idea of augmenting Multics TECO, and that of writing a
TECO-like editor gut in flat-out PL/I were rejected by me in favor
of a Lisp program that implemented editor functionality.

Inspired by the TECO in which EMACS (on ITS, then the only program
using that name) was implemented, I designed a TECO-like control
and "point" manipulation model in a Lisp framework, which I thought
was natural and obvious, not at all similar to the buffer-pointer
passing model of the Lisp Machine editors. The natural combination
of Lisp macrology and scoping with this type of model proved to be
flexible, powerful, and appealing: this model caught on, and is now
the basis of everything in the world; the Lisp machine's did not.
The intellectual lineage of GNU Emacs, in these regards, comes
directly from James Gosling's Emacs, which came directly from (and
was credited to) Multics Emacs.

I rank the significant innovations of Multics Emacs as: (1)
Explicitly-designed extension languages, which could be understood
and used by non-experts. (2) Lisp as an editor implementation
language. (3) Lisp and Lisp-macros as an extension language. (4) A
control regime and macrology, including many names (e.g.,
"save-excursion"), that have become today become semi-standard
through GNU Emacs and other systems.

Major extensions that became part of the product should also be
credited to Richard Lamson, Gary Palter, and William York, who
became my guerilla band, back then.

PMATE, ZMATE

name: PMATE, ZMATE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: PMATE (DOS) 4.0, PMATE (CP/M) 3.21, ZMATE (CP/M, Z-System) 1.0
base language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
implementation language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
extension language: MATE macro language (TECO-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M, Z-System
organization/author:
original by Michael Aronson (MATE = Michael Aronson's Text Editor)
ZMATE version by Bridger Mitchell and Jay Sage
ZMATE available from:
Sage Microsystems East
1435 Centre Strt
Newton MA 02159-2469
USA
[phone]
(Availability of PMATE for the PC is not certain at this time. Sage
Microsystems may be able to offer it.)
not free, contact vendor for price information

Preditor


name: Preditor (was: Compuware Professional Editor, PVCS Professional
Editor and Sage Professional Editor )
last changed/verified: 1997-08-22
original distribution: 1990
version: 3.01
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: W95, NT, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
[phone]
800 538 7822
fax [phone]
***@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
old character mode version 1.101 for DOS and OS/2 may still
be available, but is not maintained

Preditor2

name: Preditor/2 (derived from Sage Professional Editor)
original distribution: 1994
version: 2.1
base language: C++,C
implementation language: C++,C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
[phone]
800 538 7822
fax [phone]
***@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
free DEMO version (nagware that times out in 14 days), anonymous FTP from:
hobbes.nmsu.edu /os2/demos/p2demo21.zip

SlickEdit

name: Slick, SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 2.4
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge Inc.
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: ***@slickedit.com
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a text-mode interface)

Visual SlickEdit

name: Visual SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
interface: graphical MDI
base language: C/C++
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
requirements: Windows, NT, OS/2, or UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge, Inc
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: ***@slickedit.com
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a GUI interface)

SPE Editor

name: SPE Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2550 Garcia Ave
Mountain View CA 94043
USA
[phone]
TLX 37 29639
not free, contact vendor for price information

Sprint

name: Sprint (in some countries 'Esprit')
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1985?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Borland International
1800 Green Hills Rd
Scotts Valley CA 95067
USA
not free, contact vendor for price information

Sys-IX Editor

name: Sys-IX Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: macro
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
System-IX (Networks) Ltd.
55 Bedford Court Mansions
Bedford Avenue
London WC1B 3AD
UK
[phone]
fax [phone]

G.W. Computers Inc.
4 Eagle Square
East Boston MA 02128
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]

_Note:_ may not be Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information

Unipress Emacs

name: Unipress Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Unipress Software Inc
2025 Lincoln Hwy
Edison NJ 08817
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
telex 709418

_Note:_ was Gosling's Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information

VOS Emacs

name: VOS Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 10
base language: PL/I
implementation language: PL/I
extension language: none
scope of implementation: modified command set
hardware requirements: Stratus XA, IBM System/88 or Olivetti CPS-32 computer
software requirements: VOS operating system
organization/author:
Stratus Computer Inc.
55 Fairbanks Blvd
Marlboro MA 01752
USA
[phone]
telex (294112) ANSBK STRA UR
not free, contact vendor for price information

Win-Emacs

name: Win-Emacs
last changed/verified: 1996-08-14
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.35 (released October 1994), 1.5 expected 1/96
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: elisp (GNU Emacs Lisp)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, Windows 3.1, 95, or NT
organization:
Pearl Software
2000 Powell St. Suite 1200
Emeryville CA 94608
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@pearlsoft.com
***@pearlsoft.com auto-replies with further information.
FTP a free fully-functional nagware version from:
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pe/pearl/wemdemo*

_Note:_ Win-Emacs is derived from XEmacs 19.6 (nee Lucid Emacs).
Win-Emacs is a native MS-Window app which supports multiple
windows, fonts, code highlighting, arbitrary keymapping, DDE,
winsock, long filenames, drag-and-drop, etc. Version. 1.5 is a
Win32s app with most Unix features (e.g. asynch. subprocesses). The
free version of Win-Emacs is based on a nagware X emulator: a nag
screen pops up every half-hour; otherwise it is precisely identical
to the supported commercial version of Win-Emacs. Debatable whether
this should be moved into the "versions that cost" category.

Ben Wing, the main author of Win-Emacs, is now the most productive
active developer of XEmacs. Most features of Win-Emacs have been
added to XEmacs.

ZMACS

name: ZMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Symbolics
organization/author:
Symbolics, Inc.
8 New England Executive Park
Burlington MA 01803
USA
[phone]
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(Now somewhere in Concord.)

ZMACS TI

name: ZMACS (TI Explorer Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Explorer
organization/author:
Texas Instruments
12501 Research Blvd
Austin TX 78759
USA
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

Implementations That Are No Longer Available

EINE

name: EINE (EINE is not Emacs (the first known recursive acronym)),
ZWEI (Zwei Was Eine, Initially (the author knew German)),
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Lisp Machine
organization/author:
MIT
USA
no longer available
ZWEI eveolved into Zmacs and all of the Symbolics, Texas Instruments,
Lisp Machines, and related variants.

Emacs20

name: Emacs (aka Prime Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: ?
version: 20
base language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
implementation language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Prime
organization/author:
Prime Computer, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick MA 07160
USA
[phone]
telex 174519
telex [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

Note: Written by Bob Frankston and Seth Steinberg.


Leif

name: Leif
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
The Saga Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1304 W. Springfield
Urbana IL 61801
USA
***@a.cs.uiuc.edu
{pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif

_Note:_ Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.

NMODE

name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: PSL, Common LIsp
implementation language: PSL, Common LIsp
extension language: PSL, Common LIsp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: HP series 9000
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
old symbolic languages group?
no longer available

TORE

name: TORES (Text ORiented Editing System)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Jeffrey Schiller
MIT
USA
no longer available

PD

name: PD Forthmacs System Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Forth?
implementation language: Forth?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari?
organization/author:
Bradley Software
no longer available

Scame

name: Scame
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Multihouse Automatisering bv
c/o Johan Vromans
Doesburgweg 7
2803 PL Gouda
the Netherlands
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@mh.nl

_Note:_ loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy no longer
available

TV

name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
doubly-recursive acronym)))
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: PL/1
implementation language: SINE (Lisp-like)
extension language: SINE (Lisp-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MagicSix on Perkin-Elmer 3200 series
organization/author:
Owen "Ted" Anderson
MIT Architecture Machine Group
USA
no longer available

UE

name: ue
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari ST
organization/author:
***@cwru.edu
no longer available
Part of Gulam a public-domain shell.

VINE

name: VINE (Vine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: Fortran (!)
implementation language: Fortran
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
Texas Instruments
Dallas TX
USA
no longer available

Z80EMACS

name: Z80EMACS
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1992?
version: 0.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CP/M
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM),
***@scscomm.com
uunet!ssiny!gnohmon
free, anonymous FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu in pub/z80/emacs/*

Z80EMACS is a port of microemacs 3.6 to the CP/M operating system.
Microemacs keeps all data in memory, and CP/M must live in a 64KB
address space. By clever use of overlays and byte-squeezing and
tuning, Z80EMACS is able to edit files of size 30KB! microemacs 3.6
had no facility for remapping the keyboard bindings. Z80EMACS does
it with an offline utility. Z80EMACS uses overlays extensively, but
the most frequently used commands are all either in the root
segment or in one particular overlay. Since this overlay is usually
already in memory, performance is quite good, even when running
from floppies. Z80EMACS has the ability to edit multiple files,
display multiple windows, and do keyboard macros, among other
things. This makes it the spiffiest CP/M editor you could ever hope
to see. Z80EMACS comes with source and binaries; it was compiled
with AZTEC C, which few CP/Mmers have, so the binaries are more
likely to be useful than the source.

Unknown 1

name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: HLH Orions
organization/author:
Steven Zimmerman
no longer available
Dated 1983. Described as a "distant descendant of the one written by
Warren Montgomery at Bell Labs. Might be an early, non-commercial
version of CCA Emacs.

Unknown 2

name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1, 2.1 (?)
base language: C and 8088 assembler
implementation language: C and 8088 assembler
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, HP-150, TIPC
organization/author:
Don P. Bennett, Jr.
Hewlett Packard (when he wrote it)
no longer available

This editor identifies itself as "Emacs", and has HP-style soft
labels for the first eight function keys hard-bound to "file
commands," "window commands," "buffer commands," etc. Versions 1.1
and 2.1 are known to exist. Other versions may also have escaped.
1.1 was written in Microsoft C and 8088 assembler 1.0 (or was that
2.0?) in about 1985. 2.1 was written using Microsoft C 3.0 in about
1986. All versions work quite usably, despite fatal bugs in some
commands. (Memory limits and large files can cause death,
"ESC-digit" causes immediate death.) ("If it dies when you do that,
stop doing it!")

End

[Craig A Finseth]

Last-Modified: 2015-02-16
Posting-Frequency: bi-monthly
URL: http://www.finseth.com/emacs.html
Copyright: 1990-9, 2000-15 by Craig A. Finseth
Archive-name: emacs-implementations
Disclaimer: Approval for *.answers is based on form, not content.

Emacs Implementations

Document id

Emacs Implementations and Literature
ftp://ftp.finseth.com/users/emacs
http://www.finseth.com/emacs.html

Last posted 2015-02-16

Contact:

Craig A. Finseth <***@gmail.com> <***@alum.mit.edu>
http://www.finseth.com. Please send updates directly to the
author via email.

Note the information regarding "The Craft of Text Editing"!

People interested in this FAQ might also be interested in:

http://www.jwz.org/doc/emacs-timeline.html

and:

http://www.emacswiki.org

Copyright

This FAQ document is Copyright 1990-9,2000-13 by Craig A. Finseth.

It may be reproduced and archived as part of normal network
distribution. Such distribution is assumed to include CD/ROM or other
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It may be reproduced for individual or non-commerical use provided
that it is reproduced intact.

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o the publisher provides the FAQ maintainer with information
on what collection the copy of the FAQ is in, and how that
collection may be obtained,

o all material modifications (other than formatting) are
clearly marked.

Posted to comp.editors, comp.emacs, alt.religion.emacs, alt.answers,
comp.answers, news.answers

Description

This document provides a partial -- and not comprehensive -- list
of implementations of Emacs-type editors and literature about such
editors. You can help make it more comprehensive by sending me
additional information and/or updates.

This document is also gradually acquiring the role of a repository
of (at least) Emacs-related history. While that subject requires a
book to itself, this document will probably serve until someone
(_not_ me!) writes one.

This document is available via anonymous FTP and WWW. See above
URLs.

To be included in this list:

o A piece of literature should be a book, manual, article, paper,
or something that covers (or mentions) Emacs in particular or
text editing techniques in general. Specifically excluded are
items that are only of interest to non-Emacs users (a book on
"how to use vi") or vendor manuals for Emacs implementations
(as those are implicitly included in the implementations).
Non-vendor (i.e., third party) manuals are included.

o An implementation must either (1) be "advertised" as being an
Emacs-type editor or (2) be extensible and come with an Emacs
command set "mode" already written. Editors that are extensible
but do not come with such a mode (i.e., you have to write it
yourself) are not listed.

The following information is included for each implementation:

The *NAME* line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. Acronym
expansions are listed in ()s. Other acronyms:

TECO TAPE Editor and COrrector
(later: Text Editor and COrrector)
EMACS Editor MACroS

The *LAST* *CHANGED/VERIFIED* line contains the date that the entry was
last changed or an explict "looks ok to me" was received. This
field was added 1994-12-20, so all entries were initialized to that
value.

The *ORIGINAL* *DISTRIBUTION* is the date (or partial date) of the
first release. It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.

The *VERSION* is the latest known version. It is probably out of
date.

The *BASE* *LANGUAGE* is the language that you need a compiler or
interpreter for in order to use the editor. If the software is
distributed as a pre-compiled binary, this should be the language
that the program was written in.

The *IMPLEMENTATION* *LANGUAGE* is the language that the bulk of the
implementation is written in.

The *EXTENSION* *LANGUAGE* is the (often custom or modified) language
that the is used when altering or writing extensions to the
implementation. It is "none" if there is no extension language.

The *SCOPE* is either "command set" or "extensible." In the first
case, the implementation offers a basic Emacs command set; however
the user cannot readily change what the commands do. In the second
case, the user can fully control what all of the commands do.

The *REQUIREMENTS* is a brief characterization of what hardware or
software is required. The purpose of this item is to offer a broad
selection key; not be a comprehensive list. You should consult the
implementation (for free software) or the vendor to find out
whether a specific implementation works in your environment. For
example:

o "UNIX" refers to any version of UNIX(tm) from any vendor.
o "IBM PC" is used to cover MS/DOS, OS/2, and Windows
implementations.

(Starting Dec 1994 the list will support an additional level of
detail for IBM PCs.)

o "DOS" refers to MS/DOS support. May also run under Windows or
OS/2 in some mode. - "Windows" refers to Microsoft Windows support.
o "OS/2" refers to to OS/2 support. - "Windows NT" refers to
Microsoft Windows NT support.

The *ORGANIZATION* is the name of and contact information for the
implementor OR >CURRENT MAINTAINER<.

The *STATUS* is one of

o no longer available: Self-explanatory.
o free: The implementation is available to most people at no
charge. Even such "free" implementations may have restrictions:
consult information about the particular implementation. Where
available, information on how to obtain a copy is also listed.
o not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the vendor
for specifics.

Many of the names of the implementations in this list are
trademarked. Specific trademarks are not called out.

Full source code is available for all of the free implementations.
Source availability varies among the not free implementations:
check with the vendor before you buy.

Table of Contents

Literature

GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp

Title: GNU Emacs and XEmacs: A Better Way to Learn Emacs and Lisp
Author(s): Larry Ayers
Publisher: Prima Publishing
Size: 544pp
ISBN: 0-7615-2446-0
Price: $49.99

_Notes:_ 2001, with CD containing source and images of XEmacs
21.1.14 and 21.4.3, GNU Emacs 20.7 and 21.0, and many add-on
packages. Good coverage of customization and add-on packages.

Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition

Title: Learning Gnu Emacs, 3rd Edition
Author(s): Debra Cameron, james Elliott, Marc Loy, Eric Raymond, & Bill Rosenblatt
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 534pp
ISBN: 0-596-00648-9
Price: $39.95

_Notes:_ Emacs 21.30 and above

The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World

Title: The Craft of Text Editing: Emacs for the Modern World
Author(s): Craig A. Finseth
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Size: 220pp, 10 chapters, 5 appendices
ISBN: 0-387-97616-7, 3-540-97616-7
Price: $39.95
Japanese language edition: 4-938704-26-9 Y3600 paper

_Notes:_ 1991-10, first edition not version specific. The
Springer-Verlag edition is out of print. The book is available
via the web at:

http://www.finseth.com/craft

and is also available in print form from the author. It has ISBN
978-1-4116-8297-9 (10-digit: 1-4116-8297-1). It is available
from Lulu and from Amazon.com:

http://people.lulu.com/users/index.php?fHomepage=370764
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1411682971

GNU Emacs Reference

Title: GNU Emacs Reference
Author(s): Dennis Gentry
Publisher: Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
P.O. Box 55549
Seattle WA 98155
USA
[phone]
[phone] fax
***@ssc.com
Size: 18pp, 8 1/2" x 3 1/2"
ISBN: 0-916151-83-2
Price: $4.50
Notes: 1995, updated


The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version

Title: The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, GNU Emacs Version
19 for Unix Users, Edition 2.01, June 1993
Author(s): Bil Lewis, Dan LaLiberte, Richard Stallman and the GNU
Manual Group
Pubisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 748pp + 18pp index
ISBN: 1-882114-20-5
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF
Notes: -

Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs

Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Emacs
Author(s): Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
Consultants: Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
Publisher: Hayden Books (SAMS)
Size: xxiv + 504 pages, including index
ISBN: 0-672-30171-7
Price: $27.95 US, $34.95 CAN

_Notes:_ Copr. 1992, first printing 1992 Library of Congress
Catalog Card No. 91-62815

GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing

Title: GNU Emacs: UNIX Text Editing and Processing
Author(s): Michael A. Schoonover, John S. Bowie, and William R. Arnold
Publisher: Addison-Wesley / HP Press
Size: 640pp, 14 chapters, 4 appendices
ISBN: 0-201-56345-2
Price: $26.95

_Notes:_ 1991-11, first printing Emacs 18

GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33

Title: GNU Emacs Manual, Twelfth Edition, Version 19.33
Author(s): Richard Stallman
Publisher: Free Software Foundation
Size: 506pp
ISBN: 1-882114-52-3 (may have changed)
Price: free (see GNU Emacs sites) or for fee from FSF

Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours,

Title: Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
Author(s): Jesper Pedersen, with contributions from
Jari Aalto, Charles Curley, Eric Ludlam,
and Larry Ayers
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Size: approx. 445pp including index, CD included
ISBN: 0-672-31594-7
Price: $24.99 (to be released Apr/May 1999)

Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

Title: Writing GNU Emacs Extensions
Author(s): Bob Glickstein
Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
Size: 215pp
ISBN: 1-56592-261-1
Price: $29.95

_Notes:_ April 1997, First Edition. "[E]xamples ... all developed
and tested in GNU Emacs version 19.34 under various flavors of
UNIX.... [P]resumes familiar[ity] with programming and with Emacs."
Lisp fundamentals are presented, with "Lisp Quick Reference."

GNU-Emacs binaries

GNU-Emacs

name: GNU-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 22.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:

too many to list

Organization:

Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place, Suite 330
Boston MA 02111-1307
USA
[phone]
[phone] fax
***@prep.ai.mit.edu

Free, anonymous FTP from:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/

OS/2 (proabably obsolete data):

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs

Windows Supplement (confirmed 2007-06-22):

EmacsW32
http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html

Macintosh ports (proabably obsolete data):

FSF's Emacs 20.6 port by Andrew Choi
http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/index.html

XEmacs 19.14 port to MacOS 8 and XEmacs 21.5.9 port
to Mac OS X by Pitts Jarvis
http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html

Version 1.17 is available from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet/
***@cs.cornell.edu

http://download.vector.co.jp/pack/mac/writing/edit/nit591.sea.bin
This is a bare-bones Japanese version of EMACS. It's missing all
the cool GNU-stuff (including help), but it does do split-
screening and all of the cursor/text editing commands that I
tried. It's a 86.7K (yes, that's kilobytes!) download. A very
sweet blend of EMACS and Macintosh technology.
(Edward <***@teleport.com>)

http://www.csis.hku.hk/~choi/emacs/
Version 20.6. This is by far the most comprehensive and
fastest version of EMACS for the Mac. It is also the most
actively developed version I know of. Even mail can be
implemented by remapping mail calls to Eudora-Lite Applescripts.
The only bummer is that there is no GNUS and no printing!
(Edward <***@teleport.com>)

http://packages.opendarwin.org/dmgs
Scott J. Kramer
x-***@sjk.us

WinCE (proabably obsolete data):

http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/emacs/emacs-wince.html

Binaries only (proabably obsolete data):

o for win95: ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest/i386/
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/dos/apps/editors/emacs19.24
ftp.imada.ou.dk:pub/mirrors/msdos/emacs-19.24
Randy Zack <***@acucobol.com>, MS-DOS,
o Linux sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO
o ftp://ftp.vms.stacken.kth.se/GNU-VMS/Beta/ EMACS-19_22-**.TAR-GZ.
info at: http://www.e.kth.se/elev/levitte/gnu/emacs.html
on the SPAN network, contact rdss::corbet

On UUCP, contact one of (proabably obsolete data (:-)):

hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny
hqda-ai!merlin
uunet!hutch!barber
sun!nosun!illian!darylm
oli-stl!root
***@uunet.uu.net
***@cis.ohio-state.edu (or osu-cis!uucp)

Ohio State also posts their UUCP instructions regularly to
the news group comp.sources.d

_Note:_ You can also obtain tapes and CD-ROM distributions from the FSF.

Implementations Available For No Charge

AMIS

name: AMIS
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Pascal
implementation language: Pascal
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Norsk Data, Tops10, RSTS
organization/author:

Stacken Computer Club
c/o NADA
S-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
***@stacken.kth.se

_Note:_ the name is an abbreviation of "Anti-MISAER" (where "AE" is
the "ae" glyph). "Misaer" is Swedish (svenska) for "piece of junk,
or deep shit functionality" (translation provided by the person who
told me about this) The name thus means "not a piece of junk."
Tops10, RSTS, Norsk Data versions are free, send them a 1/2 inch,
2400-foot magnetic tape and return postage VMS version is $1000 US
(the money supports their DEC10 museum)

Addendum from Jesper Larsson <***@dna.lth.se>: This is
not quite correct. First, if "misAEr" is the Swedish word, "AE"
should not be the "ae" glyph (not used in Swedish -- maybe it's
spelled that way in Norwegian), but an "a" with two dots above
it. Secondly, this word actually means "destitution" or "penury".
It is closely related to the English word "misery". [ I am _not_
going to get in the middle of a how to translate Swedish to
English issue here -- Craig ]

free from
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tops10_tools_bb-fp64b-sb/index.html


Anthony's Editor

name: ae (Anthony's Editor)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: Feb 92
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, IBM PC, Atari ST; requires curses
organization/author:
Anthony Howe
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.
35 King St N
Waterloo Ontario
Canada N2J 6W9
***@mks.com
free, periodically posted to Comp.editors
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/Anthonys_Editor.zip

Aquamacs

name: Aquamacs
last changed/verified: 2006-06-28
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9.9d
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
http://aquamacs.org
free, from
http://aquamacs.org
This is a port of GNU-Emacs tailored to the Macintosh Aqua
environment.

AxE

name: AxE
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Jim Wright
docs at http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~larry/unix/unixdocs/editors/axe.html
http://it.aminet.net/pub/Unix/pkgs/editor/axe/

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/
Note: This is a GUI based Emacs-like editor using Athena widgets.
It may not even belong here.

Barry's Emacs

name: Barry's Emacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1994
version: V7.2-246 Win32,Release build 242
base language: C++
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp, Python
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Unix
organization/author:
Barry Scott
***@barrys-emacs.org
free, from:
http://www.barrys-emacs.org/
a bit of history...the source was posted to the net by James
Gosling (in about 1980-ish, I think). It was modifed by Barry,
within Digital Equipment Corporation. It ran on VMS and was
available only internally to Digital. The language changed to
Bliss-32 (better performance on VMS) and then to C (for
portability) and now C++. Barry left Digital in 1994 and about
then (or perhaps a little sooner?) released to the public.
-- Jack Horsfield <***@altavista.net>
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrysemacs/
Python implementation

Bzdired

name: bzdired
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1998
version: 7.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: superset of what you type
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM)
***@scscomm.com
free, from:
http://scscomm.com/~gnohmon/dired.cpio.gz
likely no longer available

Climax

name: Climax
last changed/verified: 2007-09-26
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
free from
http://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/

Demacs

name: Demacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-14
original distribution: 1992?
version: 1.2.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, 386 or better, MS-DOS
organization/author:
Manabu Higashida
Osaka University
JAPAN
***@sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp

HIRANO Satoshi
University of Tokyo
Japan
***@tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.sigmath.osaka-u.ac.jp in pub/Msdos/Demacs/*
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp in GNU/demacs/*
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor

_Note:_ Demacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 18.55 (partly
18.57). You may wish to check out OEmacs, GNU-Emacs v19.23 or
later, or NTEmacs.

E3

name: E3
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C,asm
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Linux, FreeBSD, BeOs
organization/author:
Albrecht Kleine
free, anonymous FTP from
http://sites.google.com/site/e3editor/

EDMACS

name: EDMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 2.0
base language: TECO
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP/11
organization/author:
Michael Bloom
***@ttidca.tti.com
free, anonymous FTP from

usc.edu in /pub/teco/soflib.tar.Z
(in subdir "11-737" of tar image)

DECUS program library as DECUS #11-737 (nominal media charge)

Edwin

name: Edwin
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: CScheme
implementation language: CScheme
extension language: CScheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, 386-DOS
organization/author:
Scheme Distribution
c/o Prof. Hal Abelson
545 Technology Sq. Room 410
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
info-cscheme-***@zurich.ai.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
zurich.ai.mit.edu in pub/scheme/README
also, check out other Scheme implementations

Elle

name: Elle (Elle Looks Like Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1g
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MINIX, TOPS-20, TOPS-10 (!)
organization/author:
Ken Harrenstein
c/o SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park CA 94025
USA
***@nisc.sri.com
free, anonymous FTP from
nisc.sri.com in pub/klh/elle.tar (or elle.tar.Z)

Emacs

name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2006-03-21
original distribution: 1975
version: 165
base language: MIDAS (PDP10/DEC-20 assembly language)
implementation language: TECO
extension language: TECO
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: PDP10/ITS or DEC-20/TOPS-20
organization/author:
Richard M. Stallman
MIT AI Lab/MIT Lab. for Comp. Sci.
545 Technology Square
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
http://pdp-10.trailing-edge.com/tapes/mit_emacs_170_teco_1220.tap.bz2

_Note:_ this is the original free, anonymous FTP from ?

Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+

name: Emacs for HP49G and HP49G+
last changed/verified: 2004-03-05
original distribution: 2000-?-?
version: 2.00
base language: HP49G-specific
implementation language: HP49G-specific
extension language: HP49G-specific
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements:
HP49G or HP49G+ calculator
organization/author:
Carsten Dominik, dominik science.uva.nl
Peter Geelhoed, p.f.geelhoed wbmt.tudelft.nl
free anonymous FTP:
http://www.astro.uva.nl/~dominik/hpcalc/emacs/

_Note:_ While possibly not a "real" Emacs, this is just too
cool to leave out.

Emacs for NeXTstep

name: Emacs for NeXTstep (aka Emacs.app)
last changed/verified: 1995-06-15
original distribution: 1994-04-24
version: 4.1
base language: Objective C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Any hardware/software which GNU Emacs
19.28 runs on in general. To use the added NeXTstep features
requires NeXTstep 3.x or later (for best results 3.3 or later)
on any hardware platform supported by NeXTstep.
organization/author:
Carl Edman
Department of Physics
Princeton University
Princeton NJ 08540
USA
***@princeton.edu
free anonymous FTP:
- Binary package for m68k, i386, hppa and sparc NeXTstep machines on
ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/binaries/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.pkg.NIHS.b.tar.gz.
- Source on ftp.cs.orst.edu in
pub/next/sources/editors/Emacs_for_NeXTstep_4.1.src.NIHS.s.tar.gz.

_Note:_ Emacs for NeXTstep 4.1 is a superset of GNU Emacs 19.28
with which it shares most of the code. The main change is that this
Emacs supports the NeXTstep window system on the same level as GNU
Emacs supports the X window system. It continues to fully support
the X window system as well.

Also, this may be new information on the same release: Emacs.app, a
full port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep also supporting NS features,
runs on Intel, NeXT, and HP hardware.

There are also two mailing lists for Emacs for NS,
<emacs-for-ns-***@lists.princeton.edu> and
<emacs-for-ns-***@lists.princeton.edu>. The former is intended
for general discussion and allows anybody to post. The latter
restricts posting and should contain only a handful of
announcements of new releases every year. Both of these lists are
handled by the CREN Listproc which means that you can subscribe and
unsubscribe automatically. For example, to subscribe to
emacs-for-ns-users I'd send a message with the content `SUBSCRIBE
emacs-for-ns-users Carl Edman' to <***@lists.princeton.edu>.
For more details write to the same address with the content `HELP'.

This is the second public release of Emacs for NeXTstep (**).

** So why in the world is it called version 4.1 ? To avoid
confusion with the older Emacs.app interface (lately up to
version 3.1) which is completely unrelated except for the fact
that its author, Michael Brouwer, has been a major contributor to
this project as well. And even he has replaced the old Emacs.app
with Emacs for NeXTstep.

Emacs for OS X and OS 9

name: Emacs
last changed/verified: 2005-02-03
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Sebastien Kirche
***@free.fr
free, from
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/
http://sebastien.kirche.free.fr/emacs_stuff/en.html

OS X and OS 9 ports.

EmACT

name: EmACT
last changed/verified: 2007-01-03
original distribution: 1986 (bundled with Let'C compiler)
version: 2.50.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Minimal Lisp and/or OpenLisp (this one is not GPL)
scope of implementation: command set, tailored for Lisp programs
hardware/software requirements: Windows, Pocket PC, Unix
organization/author:
Christian Jullien - Eligis
4, villa des reinettes
S-95390 Saint-Prix
France
jullien(at)eligis(.)com
free (GPL) from
http://www.eligis.com/emacs

Note: this a 1986 fork (sic!) of Conroy's MicroEmacs. The name
comes from a company the author worked for when starting this
development. The motivation was to implement a Lisp-friendly
editor on MS-DOS PC to write programs for Le-Lisp dialect.
It is now the editor of choice for OpenLisp
(see http://www.eligis.com).

Epoch

name: Epoch
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana-Champaign IL
USA
epoch-***@cs.uiuc.edu
uunet!uiucdcs!epoch-request
epoch-request%***@uiucvmd.bitnet
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/epoch-files/epoch/*

_Note:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs. Has been merged with Lucid
emacs.

ErgoEmacs

name: ErgoEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
original distribution: ?
version: 1.7.1
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: Lisp
hardware/software requirements: Emacs 23
organization/author:
Xah Lee and David Capello
free, anonymous FTP from
http://ergoemacs.org/

Ermacs

name: Ermacs
last changed/verified: 2003-09-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.9
base language: Erlang
implementation language: Erlang
extension language: Erlang
scope of implementation: Erlang
hardware/software requirements: Erlang, S-Lang
organization/author:
Luke Gorrie
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.bluetail.com/~luke/ermacs/

ErsatzEMACS

name: ErsatzEMACS
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Chris Baird
<***@brushtail.apana.org.au>
free, from github
https://github.com/stangelandcl/ersatz-emacs.git

Note: This derived from MicroEmacs 3.06. The title "Ersatz"
comes from the category Richard Stallman uses in MIT AI Memo 519a
to describe those editors that are a surface-deep imitation
(key bindings) of "real" ITS Emacs.

Evi

name: evi
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1988-01-01
version: 0.1
base language: any vi editor itself
implementation language: UNIX Bourne shell,
vi key mappings and vi command files
extension language: vi key mappings and vi command files
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: a vi editor that can map keys and
read command files
organization/author:
Bo Thide', of the Swedish Inst. of Space Physics
***@irfu.uucp
free, anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/text-processing/vi/macros/evi.tar.Z

_Note:_ This is a set of vi macros that does a fairly full Emacs
implementation.

FINE

name: FINE (Fine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2002-07-22
original distribution: 1980?
version:
base language: BLISS-10
implementation language: BLISS-10
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: PDP-10
organization/author:
Mike Kazar
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
free from
ftp://ftp.ultimate.com/pdp10/fine/

Folding Editor

name: fe (folding editor)
last changed/verified: 2004-12-14
original distribution: 1.0
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: C
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, SYSV curses
origanization:
Michael Haardt
Guestener Strasse 8
52445 Titz
Germany
***@moria.de
http://www.moria.de/~michael/fe/

_Note:_ `fe' is a library of editor primitives, with the user
interface built on top of that library. - fe is a successor to
Origami.

Freemacs

name: Freemacs
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6a
base language: 8086 assembler
implementation language: 8086 assembler
extension language: MINT, a string-oriented interpreter inspired by TRAC
P(MINT means "Mint Is Not TRAC")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC

Organization/author:

Russell Nelson
11 Grant Street
Potsdam NY 13676
USA

Internet: anonymous FTP from

ftp.cygnus.com in /pub/embedded/free-dos/editors/

BBS:

[phone] - 1200/2400 bps, 8N1, 24 hrs, pub/msdos/freemacs
No registration required to download Freemacs.

Bitnet and UUCP:

Send mail to archive-***@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
archive-server%***@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
{smart-host}!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using
UUCP. The mail message should consist of 'help'. If you do not
get a reply within a day, then your return path is broken. You'll
need to use the path command to give a mail address that our
mailer can grok. Our mailer can send mail to any address with an
'@' in it, with the exception of ".UUCP" pseudo-addresses. Mail:
$15 check or $17 PO copying fee to the author. This will assure
you of the latest version. Please specify floppy format: [5.25,
1.2 Meg], [5.25, 360K], [3.50, 720K]

Freyja

name: Freyja (Freyja Reduksjon Emacs, Ytre Jevn All: Freyja Reduces
Emacs, Yet Joins All)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1991
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, UNIX, HP95LX, HP100LX
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
1343 Lafond
St. Paul MN 55104-2437
USA
[phone]
***@finseth.com
free from the author
http://www.finseth.com/parts/freyja.php

_Note:_ optimized for RAM-based computing (laptops and palmtops)

Gnome

name: Gnome (Generally NOt the Micro Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: VMS, Atari, MSDOS, Unix, CPM
organization/author:
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/msdos/text/gnome/gnome.arc%5Bpeek%5D
http://www.su.shuttle.de/gnome24.tgz

?

Note: This is another old spin off Micro Emacs 2.x, small and
fast. Sources should be in the old atari-archives (if
atari.archive.umich.edu exists, if not point ftpsearch to gnome.arc)
supports VMS, Atari, MESSDOS, Unix 7, CP/M.

GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port

name: GNU-Emacs, Macintosh port
last changed/verified: 1995-01-11
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.17
base language: C (CodeWarrior 6-7)
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh, System 7
organization:
?
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet

_Note:_ based on 18.59, FAT binary

_Note:_ see also the "Macintosh" section of the GNU Emacs writeup

Gnu TeXmacs

name: Gnu TeXmacs
last changed/verified: 2002-04-03
original distribution: ?
version: 1.0.0.1
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: Scheme
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix or Cygwin
organization/author:
Joris van der Hoeven, <mailto:***@texmacs.org>
free
http://www.texmacs.org/
http://www.alqua.com/tmresources/

_Note_: TeXmacs is a wysiwyg typesetting system that
interfaces with symbolic math packages. It borrows from emacs
the use of configurable keybindings. Near fututre: More extension
languages (Perl), better Web browsing capabilities, MathML support.

Gulam

name: Gulam
last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: Atari
organization/author:
?

Note: Another Micro Emacs 2 derivative extended by the possibility
to act as a Unix-like shell on the Atari ST.

Gulam is a command line interpreter. The Atari ST (an MC68000-based
personal computer) version was released as a non-profit distribution
to the public in 1987. It is now kept in all the anonymous FTP
archives for that machine. It was in daily use by thousands. It
integrated an Emacs-like editor, command line history, etc. into a
very compact program. These features are now common-place in modern
shells.
http://193.166.3.2/pub/atari/sysutil/

Hemlock

name: Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2000-10-09
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CMU Common Lisp; MACH and/or SunOS
organization/author:
Scott Fahlman
CMU Common Lisp project
Carnegie-Mellon University
USA
***@CS.CMU.EDU
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/devel/cmucl-hemlock.html
also not free as part of Lucid Common Lisp

(Portable) Hemlock

name: Portable Hemlock
last changed/verified: 2011-08-17
original distribution: 2002-11
version:
base language: Common Lisp
implementation language: Common Lisp
extension language: Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Common Lisp, Unix X11, MacOSX
organization/author:
Gilbert Baumann
***@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de
free, anonymous CVS from
http://common-lisp.net/project/phemlock/
also as part of Clozure Common Lisp

Jade

name: Jade (anagram of: A Jed)
Last changed/verified: 2010-08-30
original distribution: 1993
version: 3.2 / 4.0 alpha
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with X11
organization/author:
John Harper
***@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/people/John.Harper/jade/
http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~john/jade/
above links gone; may exist at archive.org
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/X/jade-3.2.tar.gz

Jasspa

name: Jasspa MicroEmacs, also NanoEmacs
Last changed/verified: 2004-03-29
original distribution: ?
version: 2004.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows, DOS
organization/author:
see site
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.jasspa.com

JED

name: JED
last changed/verified: 1998-04-27
original distribution: ?
version: 0.F98.1B
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: S-Lang
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, X11, VMS, DOS, OS/2, Windows,
small systems
organization/author:
John E. Davis
***@space.mit.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/jed
http://space.mit.edu/%7Edavis/jed.html
From a user:

...and I think it is worth to mention that JED (which is the
"GNUishest" of all the non-GNU implementations -- almost *every*
keystroke is like within GNU/XEmacs) has the complete editing
part of the AUCTEX-package built in, with BibTeX-mode, so if you
have to edit La/BibTeX-source outside your home/business, JED
might be your first choice.

And, what's more than that: JED runs on the smallest PC systems
used these days: in the library etc. I take my Toshiba T1000
(which was the first laptop and has a 4.77 MHz CPU in it: 512 KB
RAM, *no* HD and a single FD) -- and works like a charm since it
loads the necessary modules into memory only when needed (dired
etc.).

Unlike "freemacs" (which was my favourite editor before JED) it
can manage files over 64 KBytes in size and it is further under
development.

Since it runs on Linux to (with a special XJed binary) I use it
for quick tasks on my desktop, too.

JEmacs (Kawa)

name: Kawa (JEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 1.6.66
base language: Java
implementation language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
extension language: Java, Scheme, Emacs Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Windows, Macinotsh
organization/author:
Per Bothnet
***@bothner.com
http://www.bothner.com/~per
free from
http://jemacs.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
http://home.earthlink.net/~athene/2/scheme/mackawa.html
(Macintosh version)

JOE

name: JOE (Joe's Own Editor)
last changed/verified: 2000-11-03
original distribution: 1992? (that's in the copyright notice)
version: 2.8
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, DOS
organization/author:
Joseph H Allen
***@world.std.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.std.com in src/editors/joe2.8.tar.Z

JOVE, Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs

name: Jove (Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: 1984...
version: 4.16 (1996 Mar 19)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, MSDOS, Win32, Macintosh
organization/author:
Hugh Redelmeier
***@mimosa.com
[phone]

list is ***@cs.toronto.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.cs.toronto.edu in pub/moraes/jove/
also in the Berkeley UNIX distribution
note: see also Tovj

KEmacs, Kanji Emacs

name: KEmacs (Kanji Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Amiga, Atari ST,
Macintosh, Wicat, Data General
organization/author:

SANETO (sanewo) Takanori
Corporate Research Laboratories Atsugi
SONY
Japan

_note:_ Japanese (Kanji) adaptation of MicroEMACS version 3.8i

Free, anonymous FTP from

ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/=TAR.Z=FILES=/kemacs.tar.Z
pub/editors/kemacs.tarZ

ME2, Mutt Editor II

name: ME2 (Mutt Editor II)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: 1986
version: 3.0
base language: C
implementation language: Mutt
extension language: Mutt ("A bizarre mix of Lisp and Algol-like
languages, compiled external to the editor")
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBMPC, Atari
organization/author:
Craig Durland
3419 SW Knollbrook
Corvallis OR 97333
USA
[phone]
***@cv.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.eunet.bg/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/me_cd25.zip (MS-DOS version)
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/atari/Editors/Mutt/ (AtariST version, with source)

Meadow

name: Meadow, Multilingual enhancement to gnu Emacs with
ADvantages Over Windows
last changed/verified: 2000-12-13
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: C?
implementation language: Lisp?
extension language: Lisp?
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements:

Organization/author:

Hisashi Miyashita
***@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

_Note:_ With the multilingual support now merged into NTEmacs in
20.4, it is no longer necessary to use a special version of Emacs
for other languages, but MULE users may find upgrading to Meadow
easier than to NTEmacs because of slight differences in the way
they handle fonts. Meadow also has a couple of features that are
still missing from NTEmacs, such as support for native IMEs and
the special keys on Japanese keyboards.

Free, anonymous FTP from

?

MG, MicroGNU Emacs

name: MG, (was: MicroGNU Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1986
version: 2a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, AmigaDOS, Atari ST,
OS/9-68K, Primos
organization/author:
Mike Meyer
but contact:
mg-***@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
gatekeeper.pa.dec.com in rom/fred-fish/FF_DISKS/100-199/FF147.LZH
possibly also at
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html

MicroEMACS

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 1998-05-26
original distribution: ?
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, Wicat,
Data General AOS/VS, Apple IIgs
kanji: Fujitsu FMR-70, NEC PC-9891
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
617 New York St
Lafayette IN 47901
USA
[phone]
***@mdbs.uucp
FIDO: The Programmer's Room 201/10
[phone]
24 hours 300/1200/2400 baud
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
aquest.com in pub/uemacs400/disk1
Source and development files
pub/uemacs400/disk2
MSDOS/Windows/Windows 95/
Windows NT / OS/2
distribution disk
http://members.xoom.com/uemacs/
ask author about commercial use and distribution via disk ($25)

MicroEMACS #2

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1986-12-01
version: 02-oct-87
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
HP 110 and 150, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh,
Data General AOS/VS
organization/author:
Dave G. Conroy
Christian M. Jullien
free (non-commercial), anonymous FTP from
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAXORIG.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)

MicroEMACS #3

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12a (23-jun-93)
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
[phone]
***@Roumazeilles.net
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/UEMACS312a.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is a minor evolution from MicroEmacs v3.12
from Daniel M. Lawrence. It was a tentative change that
did not bring any useful fruits.

MicroEMACS #4

name: MicroEMACS
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987 (unsure)
version: 3.12
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Daniel M. Lawrence
free (non-commercial), from:
src: http://http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/Uemacs312.zip
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)
notes:
This one is almost certainly an old version of a MicroEMACS
shown elsewhere in the FAQ.

MULE, Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs

name: MULE (Multi-Lingual Enhancment to Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1995-07-14
original distribution: ?
version: 2.2.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, NT

Maintainer:

***@etl.go.jp

Organization/author:

Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@etl.go.jp
handa%***@relay.cs.net

_Note:_ supports many scripts including most European languages,
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese in the same buffer.
Much of this may be incorporated into GNU Emacs 19. Also ported to
MS/DOS by the Demacs developer.

Free, anonymous FTP from

for Japanese sites:
etlport.etl.go.jp [192.31.197.99]:/pub/mule
Manager: Ken'ichi HANDA <***@etl.go.jp>
for sites not in Japan:
sh.wide.ad.jp [133.4.11.11]:/JAPAN/mule
Manager: Akira KATO <***@wide.ad.jp>
The following sites are mirroring mule and will get ready
with in a few days [of 1 March 1995].
for Japanese sites:
ftp.mei.co.jp [202.13.88.131]: /archive/free/gnu/emacs/Mule
Manager: Motohide Murakami <***@msr.mei.co.jp>
ftp.iij.ad.jp [192.244.176.50]:/pub/misc/mule
Manager: Takamichi MIYOSHI <***@iij.ad.jp>
for US sites:
ftp.cs.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.9]:/pub/mule
Manager: Rafhael Cedeno <***@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
for other foreign sites:
ftp.funet.fi [128.214.6.100]:/index/mule
Manager: Hannu Aronsson <***@cs.hut.fi>
cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]:/pub/gnu/mule
Manager: The System Group <***@cs.huji.ac.il>
based on Emacs 19.28

Nemacs, Nihongo Emacs

name: Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.3.2
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
maintainer:
***@etl.go.jp
organization/author:
Ken'ichi Handa
Electrotechnical Lab.
Machine Inference Section
ElectroTechnical Laboratory
Umezono 1-1-4
Tsukuba City
Japan 305
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@etl.go.jp
handa%***@relay.cs.net
note: Japanese (Nihongo) adaptation of GNU-Emacs
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.hawaii.edu in pub/editors/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z

NILE

name: NILE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
maintainer:
whoever is maintaining NIL
organization/author:
Richard Soley
free, anonymous FTP from
?

NotGNU

name: NotGNU
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: January 1993
version: 1.95 May 1999
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
requirements: DOS, Windows 3/95/98/NT, X11/OSF
organization/author:
Julie Melbin
P.O. Box 1007
Groton MA 01450
USA
***@world.std.com
free, anonymous ftp from
http://www.notguu.org

NTEmacs

name: NTEmacs
last changed/verified: 2000-02-18
original distribution: 1993?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, DEC Alpha, or MIPS running Windows NT
organization/author:
Geoff Voelker
***@cs.washington.edu
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs
http://www.fsf.org/software/emacs/windows/ (FAQ)
ftp.cs.washington.edu in /pub/ntemacs
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html

_Note:_ NTEmacs is currently based on GNU Emacs version 19.17 As of
10/8/94, a beta test version of Emacs 19.27 ported to Windows NT is
available from june.cs.washington.edu:/pub/voelker/trial. The port
will be merged into a forthcoming release of GNU Emacs.

Latest versions are 19.34, 20.3 and 20.4 which may be for Win 95
and Win NT only.

Ntemacs.exe

name: ntemacs.exe
last changed/verified: 1995-02-16
original distribution: 1995?
version: ?
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Windows NT
organization/author:
Conguent Corporation
[phone]
free, anonymous FTP from
microlib.cc.utexas.edu:/microlib/nt/gnu/gnubin.tar.Z.
note: Conguent sells support

Nitemacs

name: Nitemacs
last changed/verified: 1999-04-26
original distribution: 1994
version: 5.9.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Shigeru Chiba, University of Tsukuba, Japan
free, anonymous FTP from
http://www.softlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp/~chiba/nitemacs.html
"An Emacs-like lightweight editor"

NTNOT

name: NTNOT
last changed/verified: 2002-03-19
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:

?

_Notes:_ This may be NotGNU as the NotGNU executable is "NTNOT.EXE".

OEmacs

name: OEmacs
last changed/verified: 1999-08-19
original distribution: ?
version: 4.1
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC or DESQview/X
organization/author:
Darryl Okahata
Internet: ***@sr.hp.com
free, anonymous FTP from
on Garbo-PC mirror sites
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor
note: based upon GNU Emacs V19.19, successor to DEmacs

PE, PalEdit

name: PE (PalEdit)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 2.3
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: palmtop environment, HP100LX/200LX
organization/author:
Andreas Garzotto
***@swssai.uu.ch
free, download
http://www.dasoft.com/PE/latest.htm

Perfect Emacs

name: pe, pEmacs, Perfect Emacs
last changed/verified: 2013-02-24
original distribution: 2013-02-18
version: 1.03
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Unix, Linux
organization/author:
Hugh Barney
<***@gmail.com>
free, from github
https://https://github.com/hughbarney/pEmacs.git

Note: Derived from ErsatzEMACS 1.0. The main enhancements
being incremental search, filename completion and further
reduction in footprint. The name Perfect EMACS comes from
an attempt to find the point where nothing further can be
taken away whilst retaining a useful Emacs-like editor.

QEmacs

name: QEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: ?
version: 0.3.1
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Fabrice Bellard
free
http://bellard.org/qemacs/
note: Full screen editor with an Emacs compatible key subset
(including undo and incremental search) and emacs
look and feel.

SXEmacs

name: SXEmacs
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
original distribution: 2004-12-31
version: 22.1.3
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp (built on Xemacs)
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Steve Young
free
http://www.sxemacs.org

Tint

name: Tint
last changed/verified: 2002-10-02
original distribution: 1998
version: 0.14
base language: C++
implementation language: C++/Tint
extension language: tint
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Darwin, Windows
organization/author:
Michael K Montague, <mailto:***@exmsft.com>
free
http://tintware.sourceforge.net/

TkEmacs

name: TkEmacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: N/A
hardware/software requirements: X11
organization/author:
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de

Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
barkley.berkeley.edu in /pub/tkemacs/
coma.cs.tu-berlin.de in /pub/tkemacs/

_Note:_ TkEmacs is a text widget for Tcl/Tk using GNU Emacs 18.58.
The package contains XfEmacs, an application of the TkEmacs widget,
providing scrollbars, configurable drop-down menus, etc.

TM

name: TM (a/k/a/ Tinymacs)
last changed/verified: 2010-09-04
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: assembler
implementation language: N/A
extension language: N/A
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
Brian H. Kelley
Sven Delmas
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de

Juergen Nickelsen
TU Berlin
Germany
***@cs.tu-berlin.de
free, anonymous FTP from:
http://www.bhk.com/tm/index.html (homepage, apparently off line)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tmsource.zip (source)
http://sites.google.com/site/texteditors/Home/files/tm14.zip (binaries)

Tovj, Tom's own version of Jove

name: Tovj (Tom's own version of Jove), may be renatmed to Jat
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 4.6.14.32 patch-level 11
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Tom Hageman
***@icce.rug.nl
Karel Kubat
***@icce.rug.nl
free, anonymous FTP from
ftp.icce.rug.nl in pub/tom/jove/jove-4.6.14.32#11.tar.gz
also other directories i the file

Treemacs

name: treemacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, others
organization/author:
Vipin Swarup
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
***@a.cs.uiuc.edu
USENET ...!{cmcl2,seismo,uunet}!uiucdcs!swarup
free, anonymous FTP from
cs.uiuc.edu in pub/treemacs/*

_Notes:_ this is a modified GNU Emacs 18.51. It is GNU Emacs
extended to allow the direct editing of tree structures.

Xedit

name: xedit, xedplus
last changed/verified: 2001-03-14
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
http://siag.nu

Note: Most anything using Athena widgets counts. This version
is part of the Siag office package.

XEmacs, Emacs the next generation

name: XEmacs (nee Lucid GNU Emacs (lemacs))
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: April 1992
version: 21.4.15
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Windows
maintained by the Xemacs Development Team, xemacs-***@xemacs.org
free, anonymous FTP from:
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs
mailing lists:
http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/
FAQ:
http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html
Releases:
http://www.dk.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Stable

Xyzzy

name: Xyzzy
last changed/verified: 2002-11-17
original distribution: ?
version: ?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: ?
scope of implementation: ?
hardware/software requirements: ?
free from:
http://www.jsdlab.co.jp/~kamei/
FAQ:
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~henmi/lisp/xyzzy/#cust01
http://dns.carabiner-systems.com/xyzzy/

YR-Emacs

name: YR-Emacs
last changed/verified: 2002-10-09
original distribution: 1987
version: 1.30a
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, OS/2,
MS-Windows 3.11+, and a number of weird ones
organization/author:
Yves Roumazeilles
27-31 rue Robert de Flers, 75015 Paris (France)
[phone]
***@Roumazeilles.net
free, from:
src: http://www.roumazeilles.net/ZIP/EMAX130A.ZIP
(info: http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0046.php)

Zile, Zile is lossy Emacs

name: Zile (Zile is lossy Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2001-08-20
original distribution: 1997-06-08
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, ncurses
organization/author:
Sandro Sigala
Viale De Gasperi, 8
25041 Boario Terme (Brescia)
Italy
***@sigala.it
free, anonymous FTP from
http://zile.sourceforge.net/
http://www.sigala.it/sandro/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/emacs/clones

Implementations Sold by Vendors

ADEPT

name: ADEPT
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language:
implementation language:
extension language: yes, but not available to users
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Wang VS
organization/author:
Wang
Jimmy Huangs & George Soules
not free, contact vendor for price information

Alpha

name: Alpha
last changed/verified: 2000-01-25
original distribution: ?
version: 7.2.2
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: TCL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Pete Keheler
Rice University
shareware ($30), anonymous FTP from
http://alpha.olm.net/
ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/pub/alpha/

Amacs

name: amacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0 Release 2.8
base language: 6502 assembler
implementation language: 6502 assembler
extension language: macros / loadable libraries (assembled)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Apple // with ProDOS
organization/author:
Creative Thinking, Included
Brian Fox
***@ai.mit.edu
not free, contact vendor for price information

Brief

name: Brief
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 3.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp or C (choice)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Solution Systems
Suite 410
541 Main St
South Weymouth MA 02190
USA
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
acquired by Borland

CCA Emacs

name: CCA Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: ELisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
Uniworks Inc.
P.O. Box K
Suite 323
Maynard MA 01754
USA
[phone]
emacs!mau
not free, contact vendor for price information

dde

name: dde
last changed/verified: 2010-02-02
original distribution: 1985
version: 1.6
base language: C
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: macros
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: x86 Linux or Windows
organization/author:
DALSoft
http://www.products.dalsoft.com/dde.html
not free, contact vendor for price information

E3

name: E3
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: internal?
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: REXX
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: ?
organization/author:
IBM Corp.
?
not free, contact vendor for price information

EMACS-TC

name: EMACS-TC
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp-like
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
AT&T Toolchest
[phone], then login "guest"
USA

Warren A. Montgomery
[phone]
att!iexist!warren
not free, contact vendor for price information

Epsilon

name: Epsilon
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: 1984-08-01
version: 10.0
base language: C
implementation language: EEL
extension language: EEL, a dialect of C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC (Unix, Windows NT, Windows, DOS, OS/2)
organization/author:
Lugaru Software Ltd.
1645 Shady Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15217
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
http://www.lugaru.com
not free, contact vendor for price information

EVE, Extensible VAX Editor

name: EVE (Extensible VAX Editor)
base language: TPU
implementation language: TPU
extension language: TPU (Text Processing Utility)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Digital Equipment Corp.
?
USA
+1 ?
?

_Notes:_ (Courtesy of Juergen Nickelsen) It is not Emacs-like, but is
fully extensible. Source (TPU) is included. TPU is a programming
language for text processing, etc. that is also bundled with VMS.
EVE is the next best thing to GNU-Emacs on a VAX.

FrameMaker

name: FrameMaker
last changed/verified: 1996-04-23
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, Macintosh
organization/author:
Frame Technology Corp.
1010 Rincon Circle
San Jose CA 95131
USA
[phone]

Frame Technology International Ltd.
Unit 52 Airways Industrial Estate
Cloghran
Dublin 17
Ireland
[phone]

now part of Adobe
not free, contact vendor for price information

Fred, Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately

name: Fred (Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately)
last changed/verified: 1998-02-17
original distribution: ?
version: MCL 4.2, MCL 3.3
base language: Macintosh Common Lisp
implementation language: Macintosh Common Lisp
extension language: Macintosh Common Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Macintosh
organization/author:
Digitool
http://www.digitool.com/
not free: available with Macintosh Common Lisp

Infinitor

name: Infinitor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: TPL
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Agranat Systems
P.O. Box 191
Weston MA 02193
USA
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

InfoDock

name: InfoDock (built atop XEmacs)
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
original distribution: 1994
version: 4.0
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX with Win32 port planned
organization/author:
Bob Weiner
Altrasoft
***@altrasoft.com
later maintained and supported by beopen.com (now defunct)

_Notes:_ InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly
aimed at technical people. It is built atop the XEmacs variant of
GNU Emacs and so has all of the power of Emacs, but with a much
easier to use and more comprehensive menu and toolbar-based user
interface. We find that most objections people raise to using Emacs
have already been addressed in InfoDock. See
http://infodock.sourceforge.net for more information.

Interleaf

name: Interleaf
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 5
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC, Macintosh
organization/author:
Interleaf, Inc
Prospect Place
9 Hillside Ave
Waltham MA 02154
USA
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information


M

name: M
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1993
version: 1.21
base language: C++
implementation language: C++
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command
hardware/software requirements: DOS, Windows, NT
organization/author:
Greg Gadbois
***@dragonsys.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
A shareware version is available from the author
A premium version is available from the author

Mince

name: Mince (Mince Is Not Complete Emacs) / PerfectWriter / The
FinalWord / FinalWordII
last changed/verified: 1998-07-07
original distribution: 1980
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none / key rebinding only / key rebinding only/ custom
scope of implementation: command / command / command / extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M
organization/author:
Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
sold to Borland International
not free, contact vendor (Borland) for price information

Multics Emacs

name: Multics Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1978
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Honeywell Multics
organization:
Bernard Greenberg
Honeywell Bull
not free, contact vendor for price information

_Note_ from Carl Hoffman: Probably Multics Emacs' greatest claims
to fame are (1) having been the first to popularize the notion of
using a Lisp-like extension language which non-expert programmers
could use and understand, and (2) originating certain constructs
(e.g. "save-excursion", etc.) which today survive in GNU Emacs.

_Note_ from Bernard Greenberg: Multics Emacs was implemented in
Multics MacLisp, also known as Version 2 Lisp. Multics Emacs was
the first and only Multics Software Product in Lisp -- PL/I was the
official system language.

The notion of using Lisp for a mainframe product whose native
language was not Lisp was radical at the time. I chose Lisp because
of the possibility of implementing many small, cheap, modular,
easily-replaceable functions (not a possibility in PL/I), having
found this to be a major feature of an earlier private tool I
implemented in Multics MacLisp.

The notion of using Lisp on the Lisp machine (for Eine, and later
Zwei) was a requirement, not an innovation. It did not speak to the
issues of the suitability of Lisp for such a task, nor to that of
what would be the best language for such a task. The idea of
-choosing- Lisp for a mainframe editor implementation was innovated
here. The idea of augmenting Multics TECO, and that of writing a
TECO-like editor gut in flat-out PL/I were rejected by me in favor
of a Lisp program that implemented editor functionality.

Inspired by the TECO in which EMACS (on ITS, then the only program
using that name) was implemented, I designed a TECO-like control
and "point" manipulation model in a Lisp framework, which I thought
was natural and obvious, not at all similar to the buffer-pointer
passing model of the Lisp Machine editors. The natural combination
of Lisp macrology and scoping with this type of model proved to be
flexible, powerful, and appealing: this model caught on, and is now
the basis of everything in the world; the Lisp machine's did not.
The intellectual lineage of GNU Emacs, in these regards, comes
directly from James Gosling's Emacs, which came directly from (and
was credited to) Multics Emacs.

I rank the significant innovations of Multics Emacs as: (1)
Explicitly-designed extension languages, which could be understood
and used by non-experts. (2) Lisp as an editor implementation
language. (3) Lisp and Lisp-macros as an extension language. (4) A
control regime and macrology, including many names (e.g.,
"save-excursion"), that have become today become semi-standard
through GNU Emacs and other systems.

Major extensions that became part of the product should also be
credited to Richard Lamson, Gary Palter, and William York, who
became my guerilla band, back then.

PMATE, ZMATE

name: PMATE, ZMATE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: PMATE (DOS) 4.0, PMATE (CP/M) 3.21, ZMATE (CP/M, Z-System) 1.0
base language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
implementation language: assembly language (not needed to use editors)
extension language: MATE macro language (TECO-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, CP/M, Z-System
organization/author:
original by Michael Aronson (MATE = Michael Aronson's Text Editor)
ZMATE version by Bridger Mitchell and Jay Sage
ZMATE available from:
Sage Microsystems East
1435 Centre Strt
Newton MA 02159-2469
USA
[phone]
(Availability of PMATE for the PC is not certain at this time. Sage
Microsystems may be able to offer it.)
not free, contact vendor for price information

Preditor


name: Preditor (was: Compuware Professional Editor, PVCS Professional
Editor and Sage Professional Editor )
last changed/verified: 1997-08-22
original distribution: 1990
version: 3.01
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: W95, NT, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
[phone]
800 538 7822
fax [phone]
***@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
old character mode version 1.101 for DOS and OS/2 may still
be available, but is not maintained

Preditor2

name: Preditor/2 (derived from Sage Professional Editor)
original distribution: 1994
version: 2.1
base language: C++,C
implementation language: C++,C
extension language: PEL (custom based on AWK, C-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, OS/2
organization/author:
Compuware Corporation
31440 Northwestern Highway
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2564
USA
[phone]
800 538 7822
fax [phone]
***@compuware.com
not free, contact vendor for price information
free DEMO version (nagware that times out in 14 days), anonymous FTP from:
hobbes.nmsu.edu /os2/demos/p2demo21.zip

SlickEdit

name: Slick, SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 2.4
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge Inc.
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: ***@slickedit.com
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a text-mode interface)

Visual SlickEdit

name: Visual SlickEdit
last changed/verified: 1997-12-16
original distribution: ?
version: 3.0
interface: graphical MDI
base language: C/C++
implementation language: C/C++
extension language: Slick-C
scope of implementation: extensible
requirements: Windows, NT, OS/2, or UNIX
organization/author:
MicroEdge, Inc
PO Box 988
Apex, NC 27502-0988
USA
http://www.slickedit.com
email: ***@slickedit.com
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(this is a GUI interface)

SPE Editor

name: SPE Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2550 Garcia Ave
Mountain View CA 94043
USA
[phone]
TLX 37 29639
not free, contact vendor for price information

Sprint

name: Sprint (in some countries 'Esprit')
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1985?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC
organization/author:
Borland International
1800 Green Hills Rd
Scotts Valley CA 95067
USA
not free, contact vendor for price information

Sys-IX Editor

name: Sys-IX Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C?
implementation language: C?
extension language: macro
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, IBM PC
organization/author:
System-IX (Networks) Ltd.
55 Bedford Court Mansions
Bedford Avenue
London WC1B 3AD
UK
[phone]
fax [phone]

G.W. Computers Inc.
4 Eagle Square
East Boston MA 02128
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]

_Note:_ may not be Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information

Unipress Emacs

name: Unipress Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: MLisp
extension language: MLisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Unipress Software Inc
2025 Lincoln Hwy
Edison NJ 08817
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
telex 709418

_Note:_ was Gosling's Emacs not free, contact vendor for price
information

VOS Emacs

name: VOS Emacs
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 10
base language: PL/I
implementation language: PL/I
extension language: none
scope of implementation: modified command set
hardware requirements: Stratus XA, IBM System/88 or Olivetti CPS-32 computer
software requirements: VOS operating system
organization/author:
Stratus Computer Inc.
55 Fairbanks Blvd
Marlboro MA 01752
USA
[phone]
telex (294112) ANSBK STRA UR
not free, contact vendor for price information

Win-Emacs

name: Win-Emacs
last changed/verified: 1996-08-14
original distribution: April 1993
version: 1.35 (released October 1994), 1.5 expected 1/96
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: elisp (GNU Emacs Lisp)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, Windows 3.1, 95, or NT
organization:
Pearl Software
2000 Powell St. Suite 1200
Emeryville CA 94608
USA
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@pearlsoft.com
***@pearlsoft.com auto-replies with further information.
FTP a free fully-functional nagware version from:
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/pe/pearl/wemdemo*

_Note:_ Win-Emacs is derived from XEmacs 19.6 (nee Lucid Emacs).
Win-Emacs is a native MS-Window app which supports multiple
windows, fonts, code highlighting, arbitrary keymapping, DDE,
winsock, long filenames, drag-and-drop, etc. Version. 1.5 is a
Win32s app with most Unix features (e.g. asynch. subprocesses). The
free version of Win-Emacs is based on a nagware X emulator: a nag
screen pops up every half-hour; otherwise it is precisely identical
to the supported commercial version of Win-Emacs. Debatable whether
this should be moved into the "versions that cost" category.

Ben Wing, the main author of Win-Emacs, is now the most productive
active developer of XEmacs. Most features of Win-Emacs have been
added to XEmacs.

ZMACS

name: ZMACS
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Symbolics
organization/author:
Symbolics, Inc.
8 New England Executive Park
Burlington MA 01803
USA
[phone]
[phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information
(Now somewhere in Concord.)

ZMACS TI

name: ZMACS (TI Explorer Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Explorer
organization/author:
Texas Instruments
12501 Research Blvd
Austin TX 78759
USA
[phone]
[phone]
fax [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

Implementations That Are No Longer Available

EINE

name: EINE (EINE is not Emacs (the first known recursive acronym)),
ZWEI (Zwei Was Eine, Initially (the author knew German)),
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Lisp
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Lisp Machine
organization/author:
MIT
USA
no longer available
ZWEI eveolved into Zmacs and all of the Symbolics, Texas Instruments,
Lisp Machines, and related variants.

Emacs20

name: Emacs (aka Prime Emacs)
last changed/verified: 2006-10-27
original distribution: ?
version: 20
base language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
implementation language: SPL, a variant of PL/1
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: Prime
organization/author:
Prime Computer, Inc.
24 Prime Park Way
Natick MA 07160
USA
[phone]
telex 174519
telex [phone]
not free, contact vendor for price information

Note: Written by Bob Frankston and Seth Steinberg.


Leif

name: Leif
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: Lisp
extension language: Lisp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS
organization/author:
The Saga Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1304 W. Springfield
Urbana IL 61801
USA
***@a.cs.uiuc.edu
{pur-ee|ihnp4}!uiucdcs!leif

_Note:_ Leif is really just GNU Emacs with a small modification, an
elisp extension, and an external parser.

NMODE

name: NMODE ("New MODE"?), predecessor may be EMODE
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: PSL, Common LIsp
implementation language: PSL, Common LIsp
extension language: PSL, Common LIsp
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: HP series 9000
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
old symbolic languages group?
no longer available

TORE

name: TORES (Text ORiented Editing System)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX
organization/author:
Jeffrey Schiller
MIT
USA
no longer available

PD

name: PD Forthmacs System Editor
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: Forth?
implementation language: Forth?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari?
organization/author:
Bradley Software
no longer available

Scame

name: Scame
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: UNIX, VMS, IBM PC
organization/author:
Multihouse Automatisering bv
c/o Johan Vromans
Doesburgweg 7
2803 PL Gouda
the Netherlands
[phone]
fax [phone]
***@mh.nl

_Note:_ loosely based on an editor called Scame by Leif Samuelsson
free, ask the author for information on how to get a copy no longer
available

TV

name: tv (aka otv, SINE (SINE is not EINE (the first known
doubly-recursive acronym)))
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: PL/1
implementation language: SINE (Lisp-like)
extension language: SINE (Lisp-like)
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: MagicSix on Perkin-Elmer 3200 series
organization/author:
Owen "Ted" Anderson
MIT Architecture Machine Group
USA
no longer available

UE

name: ue
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: ?
implementation language: ?
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: Atari ST
organization/author:
***@cwru.edu
no longer available
Part of Gulam a public-domain shell.

VINE

name: VINE (Vine Is Not Emacs)
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: 1977
version:
base language: Fortran (!)
implementation language: Fortran
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: VMS
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
Texas Instruments
Dallas TX
USA
no longer available

Z80EMACS

name: Z80EMACS
last changed/verified: 2007-08-23
original distribution: 1992?
version: 0.1
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: custom
scope of implementation: extensible
hardware/software requirements: CP/M
organization/author:
Ralph Betza (FM),
***@scscomm.com
uunet!ssiny!gnohmon
free, anonymous FTP from:
rtfm.mit.edu in pub/z80/emacs/*

Z80EMACS is a port of microemacs 3.6 to the CP/M operating system.
Microemacs keeps all data in memory, and CP/M must live in a 64KB
address space. By clever use of overlays and byte-squeezing and
tuning, Z80EMACS is able to edit files of size 30KB! microemacs 3.6
had no facility for remapping the keyboard bindings. Z80EMACS does
it with an offline utility. Z80EMACS uses overlays extensively, but
the most frequently used commands are all either in the root
segment or in one particular overlay. Since this overlay is usually
already in memory, performance is quite good, even when running
from floppies. Z80EMACS has the ability to edit multiple files,
display multiple windows, and do keyboard macros, among other
things. This makes it the spiffiest CP/M editor you could ever hope
to see. Z80EMACS comes with source and binaries; it was compiled
with AZTEC C, which few CP/Mmers have, so the binaries are more
likely to be useful than the source.

Unknown 1

name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version:
base language: C
implementation language: C
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: HLH Orions
organization/author:
Steven Zimmerman
no longer available
Dated 1983. Described as a "distant descendant of the one written by
Warren Montgomery at Bell Labs. Might be an early, non-commercial
version of CCA Emacs.

Unknown 2

name: none
last changed/verified: 1994-12-20
original distribution: ?
version: 1.1, 2.1 (?)
base language: C and 8088 assembler
implementation language: C and 8088 assembler
extension language: none
scope of implementation: command set
hardware/software requirements: IBM PC, HP-150, TIPC
organization/author:
Don P. Bennett, Jr.
Hewlett Packard (when he wrote it)
no longer available

This editor identifies itself as "Emacs", and has HP-style soft
labels for the first eight function keys hard-bound to "file
commands," "window commands," "buffer commands," etc. Versions 1.1
and 2.1 are known to exist. Other versions may also have escaped.
1.1 was written in Microsoft C and 8088 assembler 1.0 (or was that
2.0?) in about 1985. 2.1 was written using Microsoft C 3.0 in about
1986. All versions work quite usably, despite fatal bugs in some
commands. (Memory limits and large files can cause death,
"ESC-digit" causes immediate death.) ("If it dies when you do that,
stop doing it!")

End

[Craig A Finseth]

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RPN/RPL Implementations

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Description

This document provides a list of implementations of RPN, RPL,
and HP calculators for other systems. You can help make it more
comprehensive by sending me additional information and/or updates.

To be included in this list, an implementation must:

o implement at least a "standard" 4-level RPN calculator.
Minor variations (e.g., 3 or 5 levels) do not preclude being
listed. Implementations that include both RPN and
algebraic modes are eligible.

o implement an RPL calculator.

o implement a "clone" (or near-clone) of any Hewlett-Packard
calculator, even if it is an algebraic-only model.

The following information is included for each implementation:

The *NAME* line contains the name of the implementation.
Implementations are listed alphabetically by name. If the
implementation emulates or approximates a specific calculator
and it is not obvious from the name which calculator is emulated,
the emulated calculator model is given in parentheses.

The *LAST* *CHANGED/VERIFIED* line contains the date that the
entry was last changed or an explict "looks ok to me" was received
by the FAQ maintainer.

The *ORIGINAL* *DISTRIBUTION* is the date (or partial date) of the
first release. It is in YYYY-MM-DD format.

The *VERSION* is the latest known version. It is probably out of
date.

The *ENVIRONMENT* is the operating environment. This is a very
high-level description: consult the documentation on the
product for any specifics.

The *ORGANIZATION* is the name of and contact information for the
implementor or current Maintainer.

The *STATUS* is one of

o no longer available: Self-explanatory.
o free: The implementation is available to most people at no
charge. Even such "free" implementations may have restrictions:
consult information about the particular implementation. Where
available, information on how to obtain a copy is also listed.
o shareware: Self-explanatory.
o not free: The implementation is for sale. Contact the vendor
for specifics.

Many of the names of the implementations in this list are
trademarked. Specific trademarks are not called out.

The site http://www.hp41.org also has a list.

Some (well, many) implementations cross categories. In general, they
are only listed once (but I'm sure that there are exceptions). Do a
search to relevant entries in other places.

Table of Contents

Implementations Available for PCs: Linux, DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Unix

Calc for Emacs

name: Calc for Emacs (roughly HP28/48)
last changed/verified: 2010-08-15
version: 23.2
environment: Emacs text editor (full GNU one)
organization/author:
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
***@gmail.com (maintainer)
http://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/calc_3.html (manual)
status: free

Calc41

name: Calc41
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
?
status: not free

Note: was sold by EduCALC.

Calculator.org

name: Calculator.org / Calc 98
last changed/verified: 2008-03-06
version: 5.6
environment: Windows, web, handhelds
organization/author:
http://calculator.org
status: free

Emu28

name: Emu28 (includes 28C)
last changed/verified: 2004-04-01
version: 1.03
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Christoph Giesselink
http://privat.swol.de/ChristophGiesselink/emu28.htm
status: free

EMU42

name: EMU42
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 0.10beta1
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Christoph Giesselink
http://privat.swol.de/ChristophGiesselink/Lewis/Hp42demo.zip
http://w1.322.telia.com/~u32220482/comments_on_two_hp42s_emulators.pdf
status: free


Emu48

name: Emu48 (includes 38G, 39G, 40G, 48SX, 48GX, 49G)
last changed/verified: 2004-04-01
version: 1.34
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Christoph Giesselink
http://privat.swol.de/ChristophGiesselink/.
status: free

Emu48

name: Emu48
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Sebastien Carlier
status: free

Free42

name: Free42 (HP42S)
last changed/verified: 2008-02-19
version: 1.1.13
environment: Linux and Windows
organization/author:
Thomas Okken
http://home.planet.nl/~demun000/thomas_projects/free42
http://free42.sourceforge.net/42progs/index.html
status: free

Note: Palm and Pocket PC versions also available.

galculator

name: galculator
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
version: ?
environment: Linux
organization/author:
Simon Floery
http://galculator.sourceforge.net
status: free

Genesis-41

name: Genesis-41
last changed/verified (Y-M-D): 2013-07-10
version: 2.26
environment: OS/X v1.9 32bits
organization/author:
Laurent Spohr
http://www.laurent-spohr.com/Main/HP-41CX_Emulator.html
status: not free, $39.00 USD

HP (various)

name: HP (various) (-12C, -12CPt, 20B, 35S)
last changed/verified: 2009-07-20
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
status: not free

HP Emulator

name: HP Emulator (48GX)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-29
version: 0.9.0
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Daniel Nilsson
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hpemu
status: free

HP10BII Emulator

name: HP10BII Emulator (48GX)
last changed/verified: 2003-02-17
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
?
http://www.hpcc.org/links.html
status: free

HP-11C

name: HP-11C
last changed/verified: 2005-11-11
version: 1.0.7
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Henk von Pickartz
http://boswachter.free.fr/Kalk
http://www.hp16c.com
status: not free

HP-12C

name: HP-12C
last changed/verified: 2003-12-29
version: ?
environment: Windows / Macintosh
organization/author:
http://www.manquehue.net/rlira
status: not free

HP-12C

name: HP-12C
last changed/verified: 2004-02-26
version: ?
environment: Windows / Macintosh
organization/author:
http://homepage.mac.com/riclira
status: not free

HP-15C Simulator

name: HP-15C Simulator
last changed/verified: 2014-01-20
version: 3.3.00 Build 5403
environment: tcl (runs anywhere tcl runs), Mac, Windows, Linux
organization/author:
Torsten Manz
http://hp-15c.homepage.t-online.de/
status: free

HP-16C

name: HP-16C
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Joseph M. Newcomer Co.
http://www.pgh.net/~newcomer/hp16c.htm
status: free

Note: Palm version also available.

HP-16C

name: HP-16C
last changed/verified: 2003-03-25
version: preview
environment: Java
organization/author:
Alexander Supalov
***@foni.net
http://home.foni.net/~supalov/hp16c
status: free

Note: It's available for online preview at
http://home.foni.net/~supalov/hp16c . It's implemented using Swing,
so that you may need to add Sun's Java plugin at
http://java.sun.com/plugin to get it up and running.

This is an ongoing effort, and there's a number of limitations to
this emulator that we are well aware of, but there may be some
that we've missed. Please bear with us: all constructive feedback
will be highly appreciated.

HP16 Emulator

name: HP-16C Emulator
last changed/verified: 2005-08-19
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Jamie O'Connell
http://www.hp16c.net
status: ?

HP-25 Emulator

name: HP-25 Emulator
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: DOS
organization/author:
Nigel Bromley
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/gd86/freesoft.htm
status: free

HP-35A Emulator

name: HP-35A
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
version: ?
environment: XWindows, Unix
organization/author:
Peter Monta
http://www.pmonta.com/calculators/hp-35/
status: free

HP-41C Emulator

name: HP-41C Emulator
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Warren Furlow
http://www.furlow.org
status: free

HP-41C Emulator

name: HP-41C Emulator (Sim41?)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: DOS
organization/author:
Alvaro Gerardo Su&aacute;rez
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/4919/
http://geocities.com/algesuar
status: free

HP-41C, HP-45 Emulators

name: HP-41C, HP-45 Emulators
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: XWindows, Unix
organization/author:
Eric Smith
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/hpcalc/
status: free

HP-41C, HP-71B Emulators

name: HP-41C, HP-71B Emulators
last changed/verified: 2003-02-17
version: ?
environment: DOS
organization/author:
J. Garnier
http://membres.lycos.fr/jeffcalc/
status: free

HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator

name: HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator
last changed/verified: 2003-12-31
version: 1.02
environment: Windows
organization/author:
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/pc/emulators/hp41epc.zip
status: free

HP-55A Emulator

name: HP-55A Emulator
last changed/verified: 2004-06-15
version: ?
environment: XWindows, Unix
organization/author:
Eric Smith
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/hpcalc/
status: free

HP-67 Simulator

name: HP-67 Simulator
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Unix, Apple GS
organization/author:
Christopher Neufeld
http://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/neufeld/hp67/hp67.html
status: free

hpcalc.org

name: hpcalc.org (web site, many models)
last changed/verified: 2005-02-23
version: N/A
environment: various
organization/author:
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/pc/emulators/
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/pc/programming/
status: free

Note: this site has many emulators and variations.

Loki and LokiBin

name: Loki and LokiBin
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.0
environment: many
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
http://www.finseth.com/#Loki
status: free

Note: Several implementations, including: command-line for
Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Unix; system manager versions for
HP95LX, HP100*, and HP200*; native GUI for Windows, Macintosh
OS 8+ and OS X. Loki is a 4-function RPN calculator that does
fractional input and output and units. LokiBin is a
4-function RPN calculator that does binary / octal / hex
transformation and math.

MPCalcRB

name: MPCalcRB
last changed/verified: 2008-04-14
version: ?
environment: Macintosh, Linux, Windows
organization/author:
http://homepage.mac.com/delaneyrm/MPCalcRB.html
status: free

Nonpareil

name: Nonpareil (many, many)
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
version: ?
environment: Linux
organization/author:
Eric Smith
http://nonpareil.brouhaha.com
status: free

Orpie

name: Orpie
last changed/verified: 2007-09-15
version: 1.5.1
environment: Unix/OCaml
organization/author:
Paul Pelzl
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~pelzlpj/orpie/
status: free

PCALC

name: PCALC
last changed/verified: 2006-01-09
version: 3.0.2
environment: Macintosh
organization/author:
http://www.pcalc.com
status: not free

Pscalc95

name: Pscalc95 (HP-28ish)
last changed/verified: 2003-04-16
version: ?
environment: HP95 and similar
organization/author:
http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/palmtop/pscalc.lzh
status: free

Qalculate!

name: Qalculate!
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
version: ?
environment: Linux
organization/author:
Niklas Knutsson
http://qalculate.sourceforge.net
status: free

rpCalc

name: rpCalc
last changed/verified: 2010-02-01
version: ?
environment: Linux
organization/author:
Douglas W. Bell
http://rpcalc.beliz.org
status: free

rpn

name: rpn (HP42S)
last changed/verified: 2005-08-15
version: BashDiff-1.29
environment: GNU Bash shell
organization/author:
William Park <***@yahoo.ca>
http://home.eol.ca/~parkw/index.html#bashdiff
http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashdiff/
status: free (GPL)

RPN Calculator

name: RPN Calculator
last changed/verified: 2008-03-06
version: 1.96
environment: Macintosh, Windows
organization/author:
http://www.rpncalculator.net/
status: not free

RPL/2

name: RPL/2 (?)
last changed/verified: 2003-04-16
version: ?
environment: ?
organization/author:
http://www.makalis.fr/~bertrand/rpl2
status: free

RPN Calculator

name: RPN Calculator
last changed/verified: 2006-03-01
version: ?
environment: Macintosh
organization/author:
http://www.macforth.com/downloads.html
status: free

Ttcalc

name: Ttcalc (HP-41C)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.3?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Stefan Seiwerth, mailto:***@aol.com
http://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/simulate.htm
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/ftp-home/pub/cica-win3/desktop/ttbcalc13.zip
status: free

WP 34S

name: WP 34S (HP-34S?)
last changed/verified: 2011-10-26
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
?
http://wp34s.sf.net
status: ?

WRPN

name: WRPN (HP-16C)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Emmet P. Gray, mailto:***@hood-emh3.army.mil
http://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/simulate.htm
status: free

X48

name: X48 (HP48GX)
last changed/verified: 2003-08-23
version: 1.2 of the port, 0.4.1 of the original emulator
environment: Macintosh
organization/author:
Markus Fritze
http:www.markus-fritze.de
status: free

XCALC

name: XCALC
last changed/verified: 2005-08-15
version: 2.6.3
environment: Windows
organization/author:
Bernt Ribbum
http://www.tordivel.no/xcalc/
status: free

Note: XCALC 2.6.3 performs calculations in the RPN style using a
multi-level stack. The stack size defaults to 4 levels but can be
changed by the user. This calculator has 10 storage registers and
computes both in complex and real mode. There is also a binary
mode available. Visit the website for a more complete description.

Xxxx

name: Xxxx
last changed/verified: 2003-03-11
version: ?
environment: Windows (probably)
organization/author:
Craig Pearce
status: free

Note: mentioned in Chip Newsletter No. 77 March - April 2003.
Said to emulate an "HP style RPN calculator." Written in
Visual Basic.

HP Calculators Emulating Other HP Calculators

HP-16 Emulator Library
name: HP16 Emulator Library
last changed/verified: 2009-12-01
version: 4.00H
environment: HP-48 series (some)
organization/author:
Jake Schwartz
http://www.pahhc.org/mul8r.htm
status: not free

Note: includes keyboard overlay!

HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator v1.15 for HP-48S/SX/G/G+/GX

name: HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator
last changed/verified: 2003-12-31
version: 1.15
environment: HP-48S/SX/G/G+/GX
organization/author:
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/apps/misc/hp41e48.zip
status: free

HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator v1.15 for HP-49G

name: HP-41C/CV/CX MicroCode Emulator
last changed/verified: 2003-12-31
version: 1.15
environment: HP4/9G
organization/author:
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/apps/misc/hp41e49.zip
status: free

HP-41X MicroCode Emulator

name: HP-41X MicroCode Emulator for HP48GX/49G
last changed/verified: 2003-12-30
version: ?
environment: HP48/9 Series
organization/author:
http://hrastprogrammer.tripod.com/HP41X/index.htm
status: not free

HP42X MicroCode Emulator

name: HP42X MicroCode Emulator for HP48GX/49G
last changed/verified: 2003-12-30
version: ?
environment: HP48/9 Series
organization/author:
http://hrastprogrammer.tripod.com/HP42X/index.htm
status: not free

HP-71X MicroCode Emulator

name: HP-71X MicroCode Emulator for HP48GX/49G
last changed/verified: 2003-12-30
version: ?
environment: HP48/9 Series
organization/author:
http://hrastprogrammer.tripod.com/HP71X/index.htm
status: not free

HP-IL Emulation for HP-41X

name: HP-IL Emulation for HP-41X
last changed/verified: 2003-12-30
version: ?
environment: ?
organization/author:
http://hrastprogrammer.tripod.com/HP41L/index.htm
status: not free

HP-IL Emulation for HP-71X

name: HP-IL Emulation for HP-71X
last changed/verified: 2003-12-30
version: ?
environment: ?
organization/author:
http://hrastprogrammer.tripod.com/HP71L/index.htm
status: not free

Implementations Available for Android Phones

Calcstra

name: Calcstra
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 1.1.0
environment: Android
organization/author:
Robert Bushman
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-traxel-calcstra-jpBp.aspx
status: free

Droid48

name: Droid48
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 1.19
environment: Android
organization/author:
shagrath
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.org-ab-x48-qjij.aspx
status: free

MCalc

name: MCalc
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 0.2.0
environment: Android
organization/author:
You Ichimaru
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.jp-maro-mcalc-jqAqF.aspx
status: free

RealCalc Scientific Calculator

name: RealCalc Scientific Calculator
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 1.4.1
environment: Android
organization/author:
Brian Overspill
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.uk-co-nickfines-realcalc-ztBn.aspx
status: free

RPN Calculator

name: RPN Calculator
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 1.1
environment: Android
organization/author:
ATH0
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-ath0-rpn-jnBzm.aspx
status: free

RPN Kalc

name: RPN Kalc
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 1.6.0
environment: Android
organization/author:
K.Games
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.kgame-rpn-qmxz.aspx
status: free

RpnCalc

name: RpnCalc
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 2.01
environment: Android
organization/author:
Edward Falk
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.org-efalk-rpncalc-jpAm.aspx
status: free

RPNCalculator

name: RPNCalculator
last changed/verified: 2010-08-25
version: 0.2.7
environment: Android
organization/author:
J.Fossy
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-iwasno-fossy-rpncalculator-iEzF.aspx
status: free

Implementations Available for the iOS

Calc41C
name: Calc41C (-41C)
last changed/verified: 2009-10-23
version: ?
environment: iOS
organization/author:
Jonathan Watmough
http://calc41c.jonathanwatmough.com/
status: Free

Emu42 PC
name: Emu42 PC (-42S, -82240 printer)
last changed/verified: 2009-10-23
version: 1.57
environment: iOS, Windows, Pocket PC, PalmOS,
Linux (x86), and Mac OS X (application and Dashboard widget)
organization/author:
Thomas Okken
http://thomasokken.com/free42/
status: free

HP (various)

name: HP (various) (-12C, -12CPt, -15C)
last changed/verified: 2009-07-20
version: ?
environment: iOS
organization/author:
Hewlett-Packard
status: not free

i41CX+

name: i41CX+
last changed/verified (Y-M-D): 2014-11-07
version: 7.0.1
environment: iPhone & iPad, runs on iOS v5.1.1+ 32 bits but optimized for iOS v8 64 bits
organization/author:
Antonio Lagana
http://alsoftiphone.com/i41CXplus/
status: not free, iTunes

i41CXplus
name: i41CXplus (-41CX)
last changed/verified: 2013-04-10
version: 5.7.5
environment: iOS
organization/author:
Al Software
http://alsoftiphone.com/i41CXplus/
status: not free

m48+
name: m48+ (-48)
last changed/verified: 2012-12-01
version: 1.1
environment: iOS
organization/author:
Markus Gonser
***@mksg.de
http://www.mksg.de/m48plus/m48plus.html
status: not free?

ND1
name: ND1
last changed/verified: 2010-04-02
version: ?
environment: iOS
organization/author:
Naive Design
http://naivedesign.com/ND1
status: not free

PCalc
name: PCalc
last changed/verified: 2008-21-10
version: 1.0.2
environment: iOS
organization/author:
TLA Systems
http://www.tla-systems.co.uk/
status: not free

Implementations Available For Palm Systems

Coconut

name: Coconut (HP-41C)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 3.0.3
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: both free and not free

Free42

name: Free42 (HP42S)
last changed/verified: 2005-02-18
version: 1.1.13
environment: Palm
organization/author:
Thomas Okken
http://home.planet.nl/~demun000/thomas_projects/free42
status: free

Note: Linux and Windows versions also available.

HP-16C

name: HP-16C
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
Joseph M. Newcomer Co.
http://www.pgh.net/~newcomer/hp16c.htm
status: free

Note: Windows version also available.

Kalc

name: Kalc
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 3.0.3
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: free

MathU

name: MathU
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: not free

Note: related to MathU Pro and PalmCalc.

MathU Pro

name: MathU Pro
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: not free

Note: related to MathU and PalmCalc.

NeoCal

name: NeoCal
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.5
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: not free

P41CV

name: P41CV
last changed/verified: 2006-05-15
version: 0.11
environment: Palm
organization/author: Charles Lee and Eric Smith
status: not free (only $7, though)

Palm16c

name: Palm16c (HP-16C)
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
Jake Schwartz
status: not free

PalmCalc

name: PalmCalc
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: not free

Note: related to MathU and MathU Pro.

PowerOne

name: PowerOne
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: not free

Note: The "finance" version is the only one offering RPN.

RPN

name: RPN
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 3.04
environment: Palm
organization/author:
http://www.palmgear.com
status: not free

RPN Calculator 1.0.1

name: RPN
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.0.1
environment: Palm
organization/author:
?
status: free

RPN2

name: RPN2
last Changed/verified: 2006-01-27
version: 2.0.1
environment: Palm
organization/author:
Richard Walker
http://bojne.homelinux.net/rpn2.html
status: free

Implementations Available for Psion Systems

DCalc

name: DCalc (RPN)
last changed/verified: 2003-04-17
version: ?
environment: Psion
organization/author:
Bob Hepple
http://sedumi.freeshell.org/psion/index.html
PocketIQ
status: shareware

Multifunction RPN Calculator

name: Multifunction RPN Calculator (HP-16Cish)
last changed/verified: 2003-04-17
version: ?
environment: Psion
organization/author:
Derek Johnson
http://www.freeuk.net/decca
status: shareware

Psion48

name: Psion48 (similar to HP48SX)
last changed/verified: 2003-04-17
version: 2.1
environment: Psion
organization/author:
Xavier Galante
http://Psion48.free.fr
status: shareware

Implementations Available for Texas Instruments Calculators

RPN Calc

name: RPN Calc
last changed/verified: 2003-12-15
version: 1.01
environment: TI-89
organization/author:
Thomas Vino
tomasvino yahoo.es
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/103/10381.html
status: free

RPN Interface

name: RPN Interface
last changed/verified: 2003-12-15
version: 2.022
environment: TI-89, TI-92+
organization/author:
Lars Frederiksen
http://www.paxm.org/symbulator/download/rpn.html
status: free

RPN4

name: RPN4
last changed/verified: 2008-10-14
version: ?
environment: TI-92, TI-92+
organization/author:
George Litauszky
***@t-online.hu
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/429/42920.html
http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/428/42897.html
status: free


Implementations Available for Windows CE Systems

EMU48CE

name: EMU48CE
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 1.23 Release 2
environment: PocketPC
organization/author:
Leopoldo Bueno Castillo
http://web.jet.es/leobueno/soft/emu48ce.exe
status: free

EMU48CE

name: EMU48CE
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 1.23f
environment: WM2003
organization/author:
Pete M. Wilson
http://scw.us/ce/emu48/emu48.exe
status: free

HP-41C Emulator

name: HP-41C Emulator
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: WindowsCE
organization/author:
Warren Furlow
http://www.furlow.org
status: free

Loki and LokiBin

name: Loki and LokiBin
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.0
environment: JavaScript
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
http://www.finseth.com/#Loki
status: free

Note: JavaScript implementation tuned for Windows CE implementation
and screen size. Loki is a basic RPN machine and LokiBin does
binary/octal/hex transforms and math.

Pocket 12C

name: Pocket 12C
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 1.5
environment: PocketPC
organization/author:
Lygea
http://www.lygea.com/Pocket12C/V150/Pocket12CV150.exe
status: not free

Pocket 15C

name: Pocket 15C
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 1.1
environment: PocketPC
organization/author:
Lygea
http://www.lygea.com/Pocket15C/V110/Pocket15CV110.exe
status: not free


Pocket 16C

name: Pocket 16C
last changed/verified: 2004-06-16
version: 1.0
environment: PocketPC
organization/author:
Pirrama (Lygea)
http://www.pirrama.com/Pocket16C/V100/Pocket16CV100.exe
status: not free

Implementations Available for Other Systems (may include some of the above)

Calc

name: RPN
last changed/verified: 2005-06-27
version: 2.03
environment: Java, cell phones
organization/author:
Roar Lauritzsen
http://midp-calc.sourceforge.net
status: free

HP 45

name: HP 45 Emulator
last changed/verified: 2012-07-15
version: 5.0(5)
environment: JavaME, Smartphones, Tablets
organization/author:
"Martin Krischik" <***@users.sourceforge.net>
http://fx-602p.krischik.com/index.php/HP-45/HomePage
https://plus.google.com/105697297963247099380/post
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.uiq3.hp45
Note that the main development platform is now Android
and JavaME/Symbian is frozen on version 3.3(0).
status: not free

Power48

name: Power48
last changed/verified: 2004-03-26
version: 2.0
environment: various
organization/author:
Robert Hildinger
http://power48.mobilevoodoo.com/
status: free

PSPX48

name: PSPX48
last changed/verified: 2006-04-05
version: 1.0.3
environment: PSP
organization/author:
http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/
status: free

Implementations Available for the Web

CoCalc, CoCalc2

name: CoCalc CoCalc2
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Java
organization/author:
http://www.cohort.com/
status: free

HP-16C

name: HP-16C
last changed/verified: 2005-08-19
version: ?
environment: Java
organization/author:
Chris Lusko
http://www.hp16c.com
status: ?

HP-25

name: HP-25
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Java
organization/author:
Larry Leinweber, mailto:***@leinweb.com
http://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/simulate.htm
status: free

HP-35 Simulation

name: HP-35 Simulation
last changed/verified: 2004-04-12
version: ?
environment: JavaScript
organization/author:
Neil Fraser
http://neil.fraser.name/software/hp-35/
status: free

HP-45 Microcode Simulator

name: HP-45 Microcode Simulator
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: ?
environment: Java
organization/author:
Eric Smith
http://www.hpmuseum.org/simulate/simulate.htm
status: free

Loki and LokiBin

name: Loki and LokiBin
last changed/verified: 2002-10-21
version: 1.0
environment: JavaScript
organization/author:
Craig Finseth
http://www.finseth.com/#Loki
status: free

Physical Calculators (not emulators, physical objects)

DM-15C

name: DM-15C
last changed/verified: 2011-07-13
version: N/A
environment: N/A
organization/author:
Michael Steinmann
http://rpn-calc.ch
status: not free


Other

Saturn Emulator/Decompiler

name: no real name
last changed/verified: 2012-12-19
version: 0.9
environment: Unix/Linux or Windows/Cygwin
organization/author:
Paul Courbis Software Foundation, Inc.
***@courbis.fr (maintainer)
http://www.courbis.fr/Emulateur-decompilateur-Saturn.html (howto & download - In French)
http://www.courbis.com/Emulator-decompiler-Saturn.html (howto & download - In English)
This emulator is designed to decompile/debug/understand
HP48's internals. Mainly used by Paul Courbis for writing
his books.

status: free

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