Sorry that I could not update mined in time for SuSE Linux 8.2. But updated packages for mined are now available here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.0-i386/mined-2000.6-0.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.0-src/mined-2000.6-0.src.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.1-i586/mined-2000.6-0.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.1-src/mined-2000.6-0.src.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.2-i586/mined-2000.6-0.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.2-src/mined-2000.6-0.src.rpm The author's announcement:
ANNOUNCEMENT
mined 2000 release 6
Mined was the first text mode editor with Unicode support.
New features in this release: * bidirectional terminal support handles Arabic ligature joining (LAM/ALEF) * new command to go backward and forward along text positions after search and other operations
Main enhancements: (for details see the change log) * Added recognition of mouse wheel control sequences and attached according behaviour - untested as I don't have a mouse wheel. * New key interpretations for shift-Return (shift-Enter) and control-Return (control-Enter) to insert Unicode paragraph separators and line separators respectively if Unicode line-end handling is enabled. * Improved coded and mnemonic character entry on prompt line. * Fixed display problems in separated display mode (for Unicode combined characters) on the status line. * Reviewed various commands for remaining fixes in UTF-8 handling.
Mined offers
Good interactive features * an intuitive user interface * command control and pull-down menus available * control and function key or mouse control
Many useful text editing features * extensive Unicode support, including double-width and combining characters, support for bidirectional terminals including Arabic ligature joining (LAM/ALEF), keyboard mapping and script highlighting * many text editing capabilities, e.g. paragraph wrapping, smart quotes, multi-line support in search and replacement patterns * program editing features, HTML support and syntax highlighting, identifier search * systematic text and file handling safety, avoiding loss of data
"Small-footprint" operation and portability * plain text mode (terminal) operation * instant start-up * cross-platform operation (Unix, DOS/Windows)
More information (with screenshots and change log) and download are available from the mined web page at http://towo.net/mined/
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas Wolff mined@towo.net
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Mike Fabian