ce is a small, fast Emacs-like editor.
ce is a customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor similar to the GNU version of Emacs. ce is very similar to Emacs, but there are some differences, and one should not rely on complete compatibility.
The program automatically reads startup commands from an initialization file in a user’s home directory, called .ceinit, if one is present.
If ce is invoked with no arguments, you will be placed in an empty buffer called *scratch*. Otherwise, each file name supplied as an argument is given its own buffer.
ce is free and open source software.
Website: tiswww.case.edu/php/che
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Developer: Chester Ramey
License: GNU General Public License

ce is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
The developer of ce is also the maintainer of BASH, an acronym for the Bourne-Again Shell.
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