Re: Request to revive a port?

From: Brett Glass <brett_at_lariat.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 04:42:46 UTC
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