Personal Editor
1980s text editor by IBM
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Personal Editor (PE) and Personal Editor II (PE2) was a text editor developed by IBM for IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS in the 1980s. It became popular because of its easy, fast, and programmable (custom keyboard shortcuts) user interface.[2][3]
| Personal Editor | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | IBM |
| Initial release | 1982[1] |
| Operating system | PC DOS, DOS/V |
| Platform | IBM PC compatible |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | Proprietary software |
PE influenced its successor text editors, such as Personal Editor 32, a modern 32-bit editor with a user interface based on PE2, and QE, a text editor for Linux systems.[4][5]
For Asia-Pacific region, IBM Japan released a DBCS version of Personal Editor for IBM 5550 and PS/55.[6][7] It was available in IBM's lineup over the years.[8]
