Editing XEDIT (section)

==PC and Unix adaptations==
[[File:KeditW 1.6.1.png|thumb|right|Keditw 1.6.1 screenshot]]
When PCs and Unix computers began to supplant IBM 3270 terminals, some users wanted text editors that resembled the XEDIT they were accustomed to. To fill this need, several developers provided similar programs:

===KEDIT===
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'''KEDIT''' by Mansfield Software Group, Inc., was the first XEDIT clone. Although originally released in 1983, the first major release was version 3.53 for [[DOS]], released in 1985.<ref name="mansfield" /> By 1990,<ref>{{cite magazine  |magazine=[[PC Week]] |date=July 2, 1990
   |title=Well-programmed functions are key to intuitive interface
   |author=Peter Coffee  |page=25}}</ref> KEDIT 4.0 had a version supporting [[OS/2]], and included the ALL command.<ref>PC Week, May 28, 1990, p. 5</ref>

The last version for DOS and OS/2 was KEDIT 5.0p4. KeditW (for Windows) is at version 1.6.1 dated December 2012.<ref name="ked161"/> Some earlier Windows versions were:
* Release being 1.5 service level 3, dated January 1998
* Version 1.6, dated December 2007 

KEDIT 1.6 supports [[syntax highlighting]] for various languages including [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], [[COBOL]], [[Fortran|FORTRAN]], [[HTML]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]], and [[xBase]] defined in the <code><abbr title="Kedit Language Definition">.kld</abbr></code> file format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xml.coverpages.org/dssslKedit0-kld.txt|title=DSSSL.KLD - KEDIT Language Definition for DSSSL Specifications|date=March 1997|author=Geir Ove Grønmo|work=XML Coverpages|publisher=[[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]|access-date=2015-02-27}}</ref>

KEDIT supports a built-in Rexx-subset called '''[[#KEXX|KEXX]]'''.  Mansfield Software created the first non-IBM implementation of Rexx (''Personal Rexx'') in 1985.<ref name="mansfield">{{cite web
   |url=http://www.rexxla.org/rexxlang/mfc/rexxhist.html
   |title=A brief History of 'Classic' Rexx
   |first=Mike  |last=Cowlishaw  |author-link=Mike Cowlishaw  |year=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
   |url=http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub//tex/bib/rexx.html
   |title=a bibliography of books, manuals, and other publications about the Rexx scripting language
   |first=Nelson H. F.  |last=Beebe  |date=April 12, 2006}}</ref>

In December 2012 Mansfield Software released 1.6.1 to provide compatibility with Windows 8 and extended support to at least June {{as of|2015|alt=2015}}. These 32bit versions work also in the 64bit versions of Windows 7 and Vista, but do not directly support [[Unicode]]. As of December 2022, Kedit supports Windows 10 and 11 too, and Mansfield promises email support until at least June 2024.<ref name="keditw"/><ref name="ked161">{{cite web
|url=http://www.kedit.com/whatsnew.html
|title=KEDIT: What's New
|publisher=Mansfield Software Group
|date=November 2014|access-date=2023-01-03}}</ref>

===SEDIT===
'''SEDIT''' (first released in 1989) is another implementation on both Windows and Unix, which supports a variant of Rexx language called '''S/REXX''' (announced in 1994).<ref>{{cite conference
   |url=http://www.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-wrap/getdoc/slac-r-464-Frontmatter.pdf
   |title=S/REXX by Benaroya
   |first=David
   |last=Salthouse
   |book-title=Proceedings of the 6th International Rexx Symposium
   |publisher=Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
   |pages=284–290
   |year=1995
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.rexxla.org/Symposium/1995/report.html
 |first=Melinda
 |last=Varian
 |title=Report &mdash; REXX Symposium
 |date=May 1995
 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207021650/http://www.rexxla.org/Symposium/1995/report.html
 |archive-date=February 7, 2008
 |url-status=dead
}} </ref>

==={{Anchor|A-THE}}THE (The Hessling Editor)===
[[File:The_Hessling_Editor_-_twin_session.png|thumb|150px|Twin session]]

'''The Hessling Editor''' (THE) is an open source [[text editor]] first released in {{Start date and age|1991|08|paren=yes}},<ref name="LaJolla"/> released under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license, <ref name="THE-sf">{{cite web|title=The Hessling Editor|url=http://hessling-editor.sourceforge.net|website=sourceforge.net|access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> and available for many operating systems including [[QNX]], [[OS/2]], [[DOS]], [[BeOS]], [[Amiga]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP and most or all [[POSIX]] [[Unix]] platforms (as a program for text-mode or native [[X Window System|X11]]).<ref name="THE-sf"/> THE is a derivation of the IBM Mainframe VM/CMS editor XEDIT that includes support for versions of the REXX scripting language, <ref name="Ubuntu">{{cite book|last=von Hagen |first=William|date=2009|title=Ubuntu 8.10 Linux Bible|isbn=9780470294208|oclc=957298546|publisher=Wiley Inc.|location=Indianapolis and Canada|page=603}}</ref> and takes some features from [[#KEDIT|KEDIT]].<ref name="Cookbook">{{cite book | last = Stutz | first = Michael |title = The Linux cookbook : tips and techniques for everyday use |page=270 |publisher = No Starch Press |location = San Francisco |year = 2004 |isbn = 1593270313 |ol=OL15571202M|edition=2nd |oclc=53183579}}</ref> THE was written in [[C (programming language)|C]] with [[PDCurses]] also required for some platforms.<ref name="LaJolla"/>  A [[Rexx|REXX]] interpreter such as Regina is also required for THE's REXX macro capability.<ref name="LaJolla"/>

THE's author, Mark Hessling, discussed at the 1993 REXX conference in [[La Jolla]], California why he created a new multi-platform text editor.<ref name="LaJolla">{{cite web |title=Announcement of THE - The Hessling Editor |author=Mark Hessling |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |date=May 18, 1993 |page=94 |url=https://www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slacreports/reports01/slac-r-422.pdf |access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>