Fwd: Unicode text editor mined 2000 - release 7

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

FYI - I'm simply forwarding this for people to test and to verify Arabic
support.  Do __please__ test & report back !!

Salam.

 - Nadim

--- mined towo.net wrote:
>                              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/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thomas Wolff
> mined-at-towo.net


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