IBM Personal Editor II
Author: Jim Wyllie Homepage: http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/877/ENUSZP86-4042/ History: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.editors/9hinTf414NU Family: CuaFamily MsDosEditors Platform: PC-DOS Licence: CommercialUpdate of Personal Editor for DOS 2.10 or higher, added subdirectory support and split screen facility
Note that PE32 is designed to be very similar.
PE2 was small, fast, inexpensive, and programmable. While not language sensitive, it was easy to program profiles for multiple languages. Notable features: Rectangular cut-and-paste blocks, all keys programmable.