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Date:      Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:42:46 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>
To:        "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Request to revive a port?
Message-ID:  <202406050442.WAA26463@mail.lariat.net>
In-Reply-To: <B66B651C-C499-429A-A484-FD209EC39DA6@gushi.org>
References:  <202406050359.VAA26271@mail.lariat.net> <B66B651C-C499-429A-A484-FD209EC39DA6@gushi.org>

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The name of the port is "jove" - short for "JOn's Version of 
EMACS." One of the simplest and yet most capable editors that uses 
the EMACS keystrokes.

--Brett Glass

At 10:34 PM 6/4/2024, you wrote:



> > On Jun 4, 2024, at 23:59, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote:
> >
> > For many years, I've been installing a simple EMACS-like 
> editor, rather than the bloated (and GPLed) GNU EMACS, on FreeBSD 
> systems I create. It's extremely handy for those of us who, for 
> decades, have been used to the EMACS keystrokes and commands. But 
> between FreeBSD 14.0 and 14.1, it seems to have dropped out of 
> the port and package collections. It's very simple and stable 
> code, so while it generates a few compiler warnings under the 
> latest CLANG (which could be easily fixed; they mainly have to do 
> with function prototypes) it still does compile and run 
> perfectly. How can I request that it be reinstated?
>
>Is it me or did you fully neglect to mention the name of the port 
>here?  Could you share that?
>
>-Dan




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