updated packages for the Unicode capable editor mined can be found here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.0-i386/mined-2000.7-0.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.0-src/mined-2000.7-0.src.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.1-i586/mined-2000.7-0.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.1-src/mined-2000.7-0.src.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.2-i586/mined-2000.7-0.i586.rpm ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mfabian/8.2-src/mined-2000.7-0.src.rpm The author's announcement:
ANNOUNCEMENT
mined 2000 release 7
Mined was the first text mode editor with Unicode support.
New features in this release: * Enhanced East Asian input method support; selection menu for multiple character choices ("pick list"). * Support for editing CJK encoded files in UTF-8 terminal; major CJK encodings are supported (Big5, GBK, JIS, S-JIS, UHC, Johab).
Main enhancements: (for details see the change log) * Flag menus for all flags for more intuitive selection. * Enhanced and generalized coded character input (CJK / decimal / illegal code recognition). * Extended bullet recognition for clever justification (auto-indent). * Makefile for Mac OS X.
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 * East Asian character set support: handling of major CJK encodings in either Unicode terminal or CJK terminal * support of CJK input methods by enhanced keyboard mapping including multiple choice mappings (handled by a pick list menu) * 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/
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Mike Fabian