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mg
mg is a tiny, mostly public-domain emacs-like editor included in the base OpenBSD system. It is compatible with emacs because there shouldn't be any reason to learn more editor types than emacs or vi.
I maintain mg, for reasons that not even I remember.
Origins
mg was originally called MicroGNUEmacs, but the name was later changed (by request of Richard Stallman) since it had nothing whatsoever to do with the GNU project.
History
- Nov 16, 1986: First release to mod.sources, according to the README.
- Mar 3, 1987: First Release: mg1a.tgz, via comp.sources.unix (Volume 8). (ISC mirror)
- May 15, 1988: Second release, according to the README
- May 26, 1988: The second release: mg2a.tgz, via comp.sources.misc (Volume 3) (UToronto mirror)
- Jan 26, 1992: Charles Hedrick releases a Linux port of mg. This version later makes its way onto tsx-11, Infomagic, and various other Linux repositories. (mg.tar.Z)
- Feb 25, 2000: First import into the OpenBSD tree.
- April 1, 2007: A little April fools from yours truly: A working vi-mode for mg.
Other Links
- Han's portable mg port. Han has some local changes in there I don't necessarily agree with.
- Debian's bug tracking page for mg, based on Han's port.