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• MINCE Is Not Complete[ly] EMACS

• MINCE is an Emacs-like text editor fromMark of the Unicorn, Inc.
  • Versions were available for many operating sysetms
    • CP/M‑80
    • CP/M‑68K
    • ST/GEMDOS
    • PC/DOS
    • RSX‑11
    • VAX/VMS
    • Wicat MCS
    • UNIX

• "Portable MINCE" isrealMINCE, plus:
  • CP/M system call translation
  • 8080/Z80 CPU emulation
    • 68000 support planned

• Required:

  • ANSI/ISO C compiler (gcc,clang,etc.)
  • POSIXcmp,env, andsh (Bourneshell)
  • GNUmake

• Optional:

  • Tclexpect and POSIXsed
    • Needed to override default terminal configuration (24 cols, 80 rows).

• Review theMakefile for more information.

• MINCE Online Documentation
  • Introduction
  • Command Summary
  • Character Set
• MINCE Printed Documentation
  • Getting Started
  • User Guide
  • Addendum: Version 2.6
  • Internal Documentation

• ARMv7HF (ARM32)
  • Raspbian (Buster) 10, GNU C 8.3.0 (6+rpi1)
• ARM64 (AArch64)
  • Debian (Bullseye) 11, GNU C 10.2.1
  • FreeBSD 13.0‑RC4, Clang 11.0.1 (g43ff75f2c3fe)
  • FreeBSD 13.0‑RC5, GNU C 9.3.0
• x86 (IA32)
  • Debian (Sid) 11, GNU C 10.2.0
  • Haiku 55027, GNU C 2.95.3 (20170720)
  • Haiku 55027, GNU C 8.3.0 (20190524)
• x86_64 (AMD64)
  • CentOS 8 (Stream), GNU C 10.2.1
  • Fedora 33, GNU C 10.2.1
  • Fedora 33, Intel oneAPI DPC++ 2021.2.0 (20210317)
  • Fedora 34 Beta, AMD AOCC 2.3.0 (20201110)
  • Haiku 55029, GNU C 8.3.0 (20190524)
  • macOS (Big Sur) 11.3 Beta 6, GNU C 10.2.0 (Homebrew GCC 10.2.0‑4)
  • macOS (Big Sur) 11.3 Beta 6, Xcode 12.4 (1200.0.32.29)
  • NetBSD 9.1, GNU C 7.5.0 (nb4-20200810)
  • OpenBSD 6.8, Clang 10.0.1
  • RHEL 8.3, GNU C 8.4.1
  • OpenIndiana 20210407 (Hipster), SunOS/illumos 5.11, GNU C 3.4.3(20050802)
  • Windows 10.0‑21343 (Insider), GNU C 10.2.0 (Cygwin 3.2.0)
  • Windows,Midipix, GNU C 4.6.4 (Midipix)
• RISC-V (RV64)
  • Debian (Sid) 11, GNU C 10.2.0

• Cray (VSMP)
  • UNICOS (SV1) 10.0.1.2, Cray Standard C 6.6.0.3
  • UNICOS (J98) 10.0.0.2, Cray Standard C 6.4.0.0
    • Issue:File I/O not working onUNICOS, everything else is OK.
• Motorola 68000 (M68010)
  • SYSTEM V/68 (VME/10) Release 2 Version 1.0, SGS 1.5 (3/13/83)
    • Issue:"ccpu.c", line 2142: compiler error: switch table overflow

• End-user configuration system, customizable via file or environment variables.
• Avoid main input busywait/spin‑loop to reduce idle CPU usage.
• Translation of line endings at run time (usedos2unixasaworkaround).
• Translation ofPgUp /PgDn /Home /End / cursor control / arrow keys.
• Build with GCC‑fno‑common and reduce‑Wall warnings.
• Support crash recovery (by parsingmince.swp) in case of unclean exit.
• Add support for external filters, such as hexadecimal mode (viaxxd).
• Support for automatic terminal resizing (by catching and handlingSIGWINCH).
• Allow buildingMINCE binaries with various extensions; produceverified/tested configurations.
• Build and integrateScribble,Pencil, andCrayon.
  • Automatic setup forANSI/ASMEY14.1 (US) andISO-216(EU) paper types.
  • End‑user run time switching between different printer defintions.
  • Support for rendering (NEC,Epson,Diablo, etc.) proportional fontprinter output.
  • Conversion of Crayon output toPDF,PostScript, etc.
  • AutomateScribble formatting to (n)roff /groff, (X)HTML,TeX /LaTeX, etc. (utilizingPandoc or similar tools forconversion).
• Add Motorola68000 CPU core forCP/M‑68K to supportMINCE‑68K.
  • Automatically invokeMINCE‑68K version for large input files.
  • End-user configuration of defaultMINCE flavor (MINCE‑80 orMINCE‑68K).
• User-configurable key bindings and mapping.
  • Allow user configurationwithout requiring full recompilation.
  • Normalize key bindings and mappings betweenMINCE flavors.
• Support forRSX‑11,VMS, andOS/2 operating systems.
• Create packages usingNFPM /FPM,Homebrewtap /cask,pkgsrc, etc.

• Portable MINCE: Copyright © 2021Jeffrey H. Johnson<trnsz@pobox.com>
• MINCE: Copyright © 1980—1985 byMark of the Unicorn, Inc.
• DIFF: Copyright © 1981 byMark of the Unicorn, Inc.
• Scribble,Pencil,Crayon: Copyright © 1981 byMark of theUnicorn, Inc.
  • MINCE /DIFF /Scribble /Pencil /Crayon: Authored byJasonT.Linhart,Scott ("Gyro")LaysonBurson,CraigA.Finseth,BrianN.Hess, andBillSpitzak.
• CCOM80 (Derived fromCOM 3.0): Copyright © 1984—2008 byJimCathey,EdmundRamm,CharlieGibbs, andWilliKusche.
• coffwrap (Derived frombin2c): Copyright © 2015 byOndrejNovak.

• See theLICENSE file for important details.