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mg, originally called MicroGnuEmacs, (and later changed at the request of Richard Stallman^[1]), is a public-domain text editor that runs on Unix-like operating systems. It is based on MicroEMACS, but intended to more closely resemble GNU Emacs while still maintaining a small memory footprint and fast speed. An expanded version of the original is included as part of OpenBSD.

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] History

• Nov 16, 1986: First release to mod.sources, according to the README.
• Mar 3, 1987: First Release (mg1a) via comp.sources.unix
• May 26, 1988: Second release: (mg2a) via comp.sources.misc
• Jan 26, 1992: Linux port released by Charles Hedrick. This version later makes its way onto tsx-11, Infomagic, and various other Linux repositories.
• Feb 25, 2000: First import into the OpenBSD tree, where it is currently maintained

[edit] See also

• List of text editors
• Comparison of text editors

[edit] External links

• OpenBSD's mg man page.
• Kjell Wooding's mg page, including links to the original sources.
• Han Boetes' portable version of OpenBSD's mg.
• Tillanosoft's Windows port of mg.

[edit] References