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then again, this is a rather incestuous family tree -- can't blame them for stealing good ideas... -- RonPerrella

Here's the tree in outline form:

EarlyEditorFamily - The first text editors implemented on computers
Mainframe - Editors on mainframe computers from IBM and Unisys
- CuaFamily
  - IbmEditorFamily
- Non Cua Family
PC Editors - Editors on IBM PCs and compatibles
Non-PC editors - Editors running on other micros that aren't IBM PC compatible
- 8bitMicroFamily - Editors on 8 bit micro machines from Atari, Coleco, Tandy, and others
- AmigaEditorFamily - Editors for the Commodore Amiga
- Atari8bitFamily - Editors for 8 bit Atari systems
- AtariSTEditorFamily - Editors for the Atari ST
- CommodoreFamily - Text editors for Commodore Business Machines computers
- CPMEditorFamily - Editors for the Digital Research CP/M OS used on early 8bit microcomputers
- 8bitMicroFamily - Editors for early 8 bit microcomputers
Handheld Editors - Editors running on palmtop devices
- PalmOSEditorsFamily - Text editors on devices running the Palm Operating System
- PocketPCFamily - Text editors for hanhelds running the WinCE/WindowsMobile?? OS
- iOSEditorFamily - Editors on Apple devices running iOS
- AndroidEditorFamily - Editors on mobile Android devices
Data Based Editors - Editors for specific kinds of text
- HTMLEditorFamily
- XMLEditorFamily
Language Based Editors - Editors written in cross-platform script languages
- JavaBasedEditors - Text editors written in Java
- PythonEditorFamily - Text editors written in Python
- RubyEditorFamily - Text editors written in Ruby
- TclTkEditorFamily - Text editors written in TclTk
Edit Control based editors - Editors based on an editing component
- DotNETEditorFamily - Editors based on Microsoft's DotNET? framework
- ScintillaEditorFamily - Editors based on the Scintilla Edit Control
- SynEditEditorFamily - Editors based on the Delphi SynEdit Edit Control
Unix Editors - Editors that originated on the UNIX operating system
- BellLabsFamily
  - ViFamily
- EmacsFamily
DecFamily - Editors on minicomputers made by Digital Equipment Corp. and editors emulating them
MulticsEditorFamily - Editors on the Multics operating syste.
OberonEditorFamily
AEDITFamily
SpecializedFamily - Editors for various specialized purposes

CuaFamily appears several times because it is a major feature of certain text editors. Also, families such as ViFamily and EmacsFamily appear under unix because that is the originating family. Clearly, there are versions for nearly every platform out there...