Personal Editor Explained

Personal Editor
Developer:	IBM
Released:	^[1]
Operating System:	PC DOS, DOS/V
Platform:	IBM PC compatible
Genre:	Text editor
License:	Proprietary software

Personal Editor (PE) and Personal Editor II (PE2) was a text editor developed by IBM for IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS in the 1980s. It became popular because of its easy, fast, and programmable (custom keyboard shortcuts) user interface.^{[2] [3]} PE influenced its successor text editors, such as Personal Editor 32, a modern 32-bit editor with a user interface based on PE2/PE3, and QE, a text editor for Linux systems.^{[4] [5]} Personal Editor 3 is an open source implementation for 64 bit Linux and Windows 10+ running Intel compatible processors, implemented using the SNOBOL5 programming language.

For Asia-Pacific region, IBM Japan released a DBCS version of Personal Editor for IBM 5550 and PS/55.^{[6] [7]} It was available in IBM's lineup over the years,^[8] although the E editor came with PC DOS since version 6.1.

See also

• E (PC DOS)

External links

• PE2 on Text Editors Wiki
• Personal Editor 32 website

Notes and References

1. 5 January 1983. PC-Communiques. PC Magazine. 1. 9. 32. 2019-05-07. Google Books.
2. Web site: PE2 . Text Editors Wiki.
3. Web site: PE2 Personal Editor .
4. Web site: Personal Editor 32 .
5. Book: Linux Dictionary . Binh Nguyen .
6. 中野. 潔. ハード最前線: 日本アイ・ビー・エム IBM5560 - 5550の約2倍の処理速度. 日経パソコン. Japanese. Nikkei McGraw-Hill. 1985-11-18. 93–97. 0287-9506.
7. 1993. 【創刊10周年記念特別企画】 Special Interview: キーマンが語る: 日本IBM情報システム(株) 竹村譲 氏、日本IBM(株) 羽鳥正彦 氏. The BASIC. Japanese. 技術評論社. 120. 33–40.
8. Web site: IBM Personal Editorの営業活動終了の発表. 2003-05-30. IBM. Japanese. 2019-05-07.