Re: Request to revive a port?
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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