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This is a fork of Jasspa MicroEmacs forked from https://github.com/vitalyster/microemacs.

Extensible Terminal and GUI text editor with Emacs feeling coming as a small, single file executable for Windows, Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD.

Main features:

small!! and fast!!
same user interface in terminal and in GUI mode
Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD versions
single file installs possible (2.5MB file size)
Emacs (default) or CUA key bindings available
menu entries for all main functions (Esc = in Terminal mode for menu)
extensible programming language
themes, customizations, templates, snippets menu or GUI accessible
for its size the text editor with most features without being bloated

Executables can be of three types:

mec - console only (around 600kb without macro files)
mew - X11/Windows only (around 630kb without macro files)
mecw Terminal and X11 enabled - for Mac with XQuartz and for Linux with X11 (650kb w/o macro files)

The bfs executables (mecb, mewb and mecwb) have as well all macro files, the internal help file and the American dictionary embedded (file size around 2.5Mb). For simplicity reasons all downloads on the release page are bfs-builds.

New Features

In comparison to the version at the Jasspa website it contains the following changes / extensions:

improved terminal mode for suspend-emacs with using alternative terminal buffer (thanks to Steven Phillips)
basic git support with commands to add, commit and get status of files etc
easier addition of own user templates with interactive template selection using the command "insert-template"
easier font-selection on X11 using xfontsel and easier resize on X11 (Mac and Linux) and Windows
so font size increase and decrease using Ctrl-Plus and Ctrl-Minus keys
more schemes (themes) Ayu Light and Dracula
much improved Markdown mode (folding, template file, syntax hilghlighting, outline in item list, embedding Tcl, Python, R and Dot code in fences with syntax highlight)
AppImage for easy install o Linux systems
example fonts Chivo Mono, Ubuntu Mono and Courier Prime for better display on X11
Linux (Ubuntu 20, 22, 24), Windows, Darwin 20, 21, 22 builds using Github actions
Windows builds using cross compilation on Ubuntu with Github actions
updates on documentation
fix for str_errlist[errno] by replacing it with strerror(errno) on Linux x64 Fedora with gcc 10.3
fix for hang on error bug if using the -n command line switch
fix for frame resize on X11 if the font changes (thanks to Steven Phillips)

New important macro commands (see the internal help pages - version v09.12.22):

change-font-size can be done as well with key bindings C-Plus and C-Minus
X11 only (Linux, MacOS)
- change-font-xfontsel - direct font selection using xfontsel
- change-font-bold
- change-font-courier
- change-font-lucida
- change-font-type
git-add, git-commit, git-status, git-diff etc
execute-region - for macro development
insert-template - easier definition of user templates

Here the Ayu Light theme which is defined in the file schemeal.emf

Here the popular "Dracula" theme which is defined in the file schemedr.emf.

See the folding feature for Markdown, in the image below (Dracula theme) the section build is folded by the indicated three dots:

Compilation

Debian Systems

Below you find links to prebuild binaries. If you prefer to compile the code yourself here are the required commands for a Debian or Debian derived system like MX Linux, Linux Mint or Ubuntu system:

Let's first build a console version:

### install packages
sudo apt install git build-essential libz-dev libncurses-dev
### fetch repo
git clone https://github.com/mittelmark/microemacs.git
cd microemacs
### builds the bfs executable for making stand-alone mecb and mewb etc
make -f linux32gcc.gmk bfs/bin
### builds standalone mecb  executable (Terminal)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mecb

You should now have files like mec-VERSION-PLATFORM.bin (VERSION and PLATFORM are just placeholders) which are standalone executable which have included all macro files, the help file and the American dictionary and which can be run in the terminal by simply executing it.

Try the version flag:

./mecb-VERSION-PLATFORM -V

Now lets build afterwards a GUI only (mewb) and a combined GUI/terminal version (mecwb) which can be run both as a terminal and as a X11 application.

### install packages for X11 build
sudo apt install libxt-dev
### builds standalone mew executable (GUI)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mewb
### builds combined standalone mecw executable (Terminal and GUI)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mecwb
sudo apt install x11-utils    # xfontsel, xlsfonts - better font selection

Red Hat Systems

Here the steps required to compile the editor on Red Hat compatible systems like CentOS or AlmaLinux, For Fedora builds replace yum with dnf:

### install make, unzip, gcc
sudo dnf install make zip unzip gcc zlib-devel ncurses-devel git
### fetch repo
git clone https://github.com/mittelmark/microemacs.git
cd microemacs
### builds the bfs executable for making stand-alone mecb and mewb etc
make -f linux32gcc.gmk bfs/bin
### builds standalone mecb  executable (Terminal)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mecb
### install X11 developer files
sudo dnf install libXt-devel
### builds standalone mew executable (GUI)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mewb
### builds combined standalone mecw executable (Terminal and GUI)
make -f linux32gcc.gmk mecwb
### for more fonts and better font selection
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-apps ## xfontsel
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-fonts* ## Lucidatypewriter, Adobe courier

If you do not want to build these executables yourself you can just download pre-build executables (see below).

Cross-compilation on Linux for Windows:

You need the Mingw32 GCC compiler and the Zip library. Here an install on Fedora:

sudo dnf install mingw32-gcc mingw32-zlib

On Debian systems like Ubuntu:

sudo apt install build-essential mingw-w64 gcc-mingw-w64-i686 
sudo apt install libz-mingw-w64 libz-mingw-w64-dev
sudo apt install desktop-file-utils

Thereafter you might execute make -f win32mingw.gmk mecb mewb to get all binaries for Windows on your Linux machine.

FreeBSD

If you install gcc on FeeeBSD it comes with the ncurses libraries already included so for the

sudo pkg install gcc
sudo pkg install xorg libX11

Therafter you should be able to compile the application using the Makefile in the microemacs root project folder.

### compile the barebone executables
make -f freebsd.mak bfs/bin mec mew mecw
### compile the standalone executables
make -f freebsd.mak mecb mewb mecwb

The Makefile has the extension mak as it can use the default make utility from FreeBSD and does not need the gnu-make version gmake.

Download Prebuild MicroEmacs Executables (v09.12.24-beta2)

Release v09.12.24b2 (beta-2) (2024-09-28):

New in comparison to v09.12.24-beta1

new macro commands rdoc and pydoc for browsing inside ME R and Python documentation
writing macro help using Markdown syntax
more editor schemes Ayu Dark, Artur, Solarized Light and Dark, Tango Light and Dark
new macro xommand xrdb-scheme for loading more editor schemes directly via xrdb files
unicode support for terminal version using luit and abduco

OS	Platform	mecb (terminal)	mewb (GUI)	mecwb (terminal+GUI)
Linux 32bit	AntiX (Debian 12)	x	x	x
Linux 64bit	AlmaLinux 8	x	x	x
	AlmaLinux 9	x	x	x
	Fedora 30	x	x	x
	Fedora 39	x	x	x
	Manjaro Linux	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 20	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 22	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 24	x	x	x
MacOS	MacOS 12	x	x	x
	MacOS 13	x	x	x
	MacOS 14	x	x	x
FreeBSD	FreeBSD 14	x	x	x
Windows	Windows 10/11	x	x	-
	Windows Cygwin 3.5	x	x	x

Download more programmers fonts: TTF-Files - see here on how to install them:

Installation of these executables is easy. Make them executable on Unix platforms and move them to a folder belonging to your PATH variable. Windows users should just copy them as well to such a folder.

Just download an executable for your platform which matches as closely as possible your operatig system. For instance for Fedora 39, you download the binaries for Fedora 38. On Unix systems you make the file executable (chmod 755 filename) and rename it for instance to me, then copy it to a folder belonging to your PATH. Therafter you can run the me executable. The first thing you have to do is to select the right keyboard configuration after starting your first session. Choose the menu entry "Tools -> User Setup" and then "Keyboard" the Start-Up tab.

The executables linked above come with an embedded American dictionary. To use other dictionaries download the dictionary files for your language from the relase page: https://github.com/mittelmark/microemacs/releases: and place tese files in your personal user folder ~/.jasspa on Linux for instance. Then use "Tools -> User Setup -> Language settings" to switch the dictionary.

Ubuntu builds should be usable on Debian and derived distros, such as Linux Mint or MX Linux compatible. AlmaLinux builds should be CentOS and RHEL compatible. Fedora builds can be probably only used on Fedora without problems.

Build for other platforms might be provided if requested using the issues link on this repository.

Download Prebuild MicroEmacs Executables (v09.12.24-beta1)

Release v09.12.24b1 (beta-1) (2024-08-23):

New in comparison to v09.12.23

adding git commands, git-add, git-commit, git-grep and others
adding xfontsel font selection for MacOS and Linux change-font-xfontsel
embedding libz on Windows for easier installation
improved and bug fixed internal documentation
new function &llen - for list length
new directive !iif for single line if's (ported from ME 24 from Steven Phillips)
support for TTF-files
support for ISO 8859-1..15 and Windows-CP1252 encodings with Euro symbol etc

OS	Platform	mecb (terminal)	mewb (GUI)	mecwb (terminal+GUI)
Linux 32bit	Ubuntu 16	x	x	x
	AntiX (Debian 12)	x	x	x
Linux 64bit	AppImage	-	-	x
	AlmaLinux 8	x	x	x
	AlmaLinux 9	x	x	x
	Fedora 30	x	x	x
	Fedora 39	x	x	x
	Manjaro Linux	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 18	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 20	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 22	x	x	x
	Ubuntu 24	x	x	x
MacOS	MacOS 12	x	x	x
	MacOS 13	x	x	x
	MacOS 14	x	x	x
FreeBSD	FreeBSD 14	x	x	x
Windows	Windows 10/11	x	x	-
	Windows Cygwin 3.5	x	x	x

Download more programmers fonts: TTF-Files - see here on how to install them:

Download Prebuild MicroEmacs Executables (v09.12.23)

Release Date: 2024-03-29 (v09.12.23):

OS	Platform	(X)-Windows Binary	Terminal Binary
Linux	AppImage	AppImage	Run AppImage with -n option
	Ubuntu 16 (32bit)	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Antix 23 (32bit)	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Ubuntu 18	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Ubuntu 20	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Ubuntu 22	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Ubuntu 24	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Fedora 30	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Fedora 38	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	Fedora 40	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	AlmaLinux 8.9	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	AlmaLinux 9.4	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
macOS	macOS 11	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	macOS 12	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
	macOS 14	mewb.zip	mecb.zip
Windows	Win32/Win64	mewb.zip	mecb.zip

Download Prebuild MicroEmacs Executables (v09.12.21)

Release-Date: 2023-10-31 (v09.12.21):

Linux 64bit
- Jasspa_MicroEmacs-x86_64.AppImage - Linux AppImage which should work on Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and probably others 64bit Linuxes as well
- Linux-Fedora-38-x86_64
- Linux-Ubuntu-18-x86_64
- Linux-Ubuntu-20-x86_64
MacOS 11 64bit (should work on MacOS 12 and 13 as well)
- MacOS-Darwin-20-x86_64 - console only
- MacOS-Darwin-20-x86_64 - console and XQuartz version
Windows 32 and 64bit
- Install using the scoop package manager on Windows like this scoop install -a 32bit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mittelmark/microemacs/master/scoop-jme.json
- Downloading the single files:
  - Windows window version
  - Windows console version
Older builds for other OS are provided here http://www.jasspa.com/

BFS executables

The BFS executables can be used to extract the binary and the macro files from the MicroEmacs executables and to build you own executables with other dictionary files, other user templates, or additional macro files. So you can customize your MicroEmacs version.

Here an example on how to do so:

### get the German dictionary files
wget http://www.jasspa.com/spelling/ls_dede.zip
### extract the arcive from the file me-linux.bin
bfs -x jasspa me-linux.bin
### add new spellings
cd jasspa/spelling
unzip ../../ls_dede.zip
### create the new file
bfs -a me-linux.bin ./jasspa -o me-linux2.bin
### test the terminal
MEPATH="" TERM=rxvt ./me-linux2.bin -n
### in case of problems with the backslash key try
MEPATH="" TERM=xterm ./me-linux2.bin -n

Pros and Cons of Jasspa MicroEmacs

Pro:
- simple single file install
- small and fast 1-4 MB!! memory footprint
- support for Linux, MacOS and Windows
- almost same usage in terminal and GUI mode
- menu access to use command File, Edit etc commands A-f, A-e in GUI mode or "esc =" in terminal mode
- internal interactive help system
- distraction free coding, no popups, no annoying updates - just you and the editor
- Emacs like shortcuts
- CUA windows key-bindings as fallback for total newbees
- standard menu entries on top for beginners who do not yet know all the key bindings of Emacs
- easy to extend, the file USER.emf is your friend
- different color themes can be used and changed easily
- sophisticated macro programming language
- easy to configure file templates and snippets
Cons:
- No unicode! It is a MICRO-Emacs!
- No softwrap! Use Esc q for paragraph wrapping! Or use the wrap buffer mode

Build

I currently build on Fedora ad Ubuntu using the file src/linux32gcc.gmk. Other Makefiles you should take from https://github.com/ipstone/microemacs/tree/master/src

To build switch into the src directory and then run the Makefile for your plaform. On my Linux machine I did:

cd src && make -f linux32gcc.gmk

Which then produces in the folder .linux32gcc-release-mecw the required executable.

I as well cross compile on my Linux systems for Windows. You can do the same assuming that you have installed on your Linux system the mingw32 gcc compiler and the required tools. The you can do this:

cd src && make -f win32mingw.mak CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc RC=i686-w64-mingw32-windres
cd src && make -f win32mingw.mak CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc RC=i686-w64-mingw32-windres BTYP=c

Which then produces in the folder .win32mingw-release-mew and -mec the required executables.

If you place the file zlib1.dll and eventuall the file dssp-0.dll in the same folder as the executable that file should be run using wine directly on a Linux system. To check the executable on Linux using wine you do something like this:

MEPATH=Z:/home/username/workspace/microemacs/jasspa/macros wine ~/path/to/mew32.exe

You can as well create an alias to shorten the command line.

Terminal issues

Menu access

The menu access is usually available using the F1 key, but sometimes this does not work as it is already bound by the terminal to some other function. As an alternative you can use the key binding "Esc =" to access the main menu on top.

Backspace key

The backspace key for some terminals is not mapped to delete the last caracter, you might use instead C-h to delete the last character.

Color issues

As the capabilities of Terminals differ widely MicroEmacs starts usually in black/white mode in the terminal. You can set this to color mode by selecting the "Tools -> User Setup -> Platform" Termcap option. If this does not work you might in addition declare the terminal type before starting me like so: TERM=xterm me -n or TERM=rxvt me -n given the me is you executable that could be as well defined as an alias in your .bashrc file for instance like this:

### .bashrc
alias mec="TERM=xterm me -n"
### or alias mec="TERM=rxvt me -n"

You should check which of the two aliases works best with your terminal emulator (lxterminal, gnome-terminal, etc) and screen mulitplexer (tmux, gnu-screen, etc).

Windows Terminal

I usually recommend the Msys2 environment for developers if they have to use the Windows operating system. As the provided Windows build is a native Windows build, the console version of Me09 must be started via the cmd Terminal on Windows. You should use in this case an alias like this in your .bashrc

### add this to your .bashrc
### we assume that you copied the windows executables
### to the bin folder in your msys HOME
function me {
    if [ $1 == "-n" ]; then
        ## running terminal version
        shift 1
        cmd //C `cygpath -wa ~/bin/mec-windows.exe` "${@}"
        
    else
        `cygpath -wa ~/bin/mew-windows.exe` "${@}" &
    fi
}

For cygwin like environments like MobaXterm the following did work:

### add this to your .bashrc
function me {
    if [ $1 == "-n" ]; then
        shift 1
        MPATH=`cygpath -wa ~/bin/mec-windows.exe`
        MPATH=`echo $MPATH | sed 's.\\\./.g'`
        # MobaXterm fix
        if [ ! command -v conin &> /dev/null ]
        then
            # no conin try this
            cmd //C $MPATH "${@}"
        else
            conin cmd /C $MPATH "${@}"
        fi
    else
        ~/bin/mew-windows.exe "${@}" &
    fi
}

In case you are interested there might be a chance to create "native" Cygwin and Msys builds. Please create an issue a the Github page.

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
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bfs		bfs
bin		bin
doc		doc
docs		docs
fonts		fonts
images		images
jasspa		jasspa
jme.AppDir		jme.AppDir
src		src
user		user
.gitignore		.gitignore
COPYING		COPYING
ChangeLog		ChangeLog
Makefile		Makefile
README-standalone.md		README-standalone.md
README.md		README.md
cygwin.gmk		cygwin.gmk
freebsd.mak		freebsd.mak
install-linux.sh		install-linux.sh
license.txt		license.txt
linux32gcc.gmk		linux32gcc.gmk
macos32gcc.gmk		macos32gcc.gmk
microemacs-09.rb		microemacs-09.rb
release.gmk		release.gmk
scoop-jme.json		scoop-jme.json
ttf-fonts.gmk		ttf-fonts.gmk
win32mingw.gmk		win32mingw.gmk
win32winlibs.gmk		win32winlibs.gmk

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