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Although distributed on an IBM Internal Use Only basis, the editor was widely distributed outside IBM. It was almost certainly the most widely used DOS-based editor in IBM for several years. Often called E because of its family relationship to the previous E editor, E2 introduced a Rexx-like programming language that allowed E2 to be used as a testbed for the early-development of syntax-directed editing capabilities that helped to drive the success of later versions of the E Editor family, including SlickEdit. The programmability also allowed E2 to be used as an application development environment, and a number of other applications, including survey tools and a prototype word processor, were developed on the platform.
Although distributed on an IBM Internal Use Only basis, the editor was widely distributed outside IBM. It was almost certainly the most widely used DOS-based editor in IBM for several years. Often called E because of its family relationship to the previous E editor, E2 introduced a Rexx-like programming language that allowed E2 to be used as a testbed for the early-development of syntax-directed editing capabilities that helped to drive the success of later versions of the E Editor family, including SlickEdit. The programmability also allowed E2 to be used as an application development environment, and a number of other applications, including survey tools and a prototype word processor, were developed on the platform.

The second major version of IBM's E Editor.

 Author:   IBM Corporation
 Homepage: http://www.ibm.com
 Family:   MsDosEditors IbmEditorFamily
 Platform: PC-DOS
 License:  Commercial

Although distributed on an IBM Internal Use Only basis, the editor was widely distributed outside IBM. It was almost certainly the most widely used DOS-based editor in IBM for several years. Often called E because of its family relationship to the previous E editor, E2 introduced a Rexx-like programming language that allowed E2 to be used as a testbed for the early-development of syntax-directed editing capabilities that helped to drive the success of later versions of the E Editor family, including SlickEdit. The programmability also allowed E2 to be used as an application development environment, and a number of other applications, including survey tools and a prototype word processor, were developed on the platform.


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