Personal Editor

1980s text editor by IBM

Personal Editor

Developer(s)| IBM
Initial release| 1982; 43 years ago (1982)[1]
Operating system| PC DOS, DOS/V
Platform| IBM PC compatible
Type| 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, and QE, a text editor for Linux systems.[4][5] Personal Editor 3 (PE3) 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

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* E (PC DOS)

## References

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1. ^ "PC-Communiques". PC Magazine. 1 (9): 32. 5 January 1983. Retrieved 2019-05-07 – via Google Books.
2. ^ "PE2". Text Editors Wiki.
3. ^ "PE2 Personal Editor".
4. ^ "Personal Editor 32".
5. ^ Binh Nguyen. Linux Dictionary.
6. ^ 中野, 潔 (1985-11-18). "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 (in Japanese). Nikkei McGraw-Hill: 93–97\. ISSN 0287-9506.
7. ^ "【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 (in Japanese). 120. 技術評論社: 33–40\. 1993.
8. ^ "IBM Personal Editorの営業活動終了の発表" (in Japanese). IBM. 2003-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-07.

## External links

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* PE2 on Text Editors Wiki
* Personal Editor 32 website

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