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MicroEMACS 3.9 (c) Copyright 1987 Daniel M. Lawrence.
Reference Manual Copyright 1987 by Brian Straight and
Daniel M. Lawrence. No copyright claimed for modifications
made by Petri H. Kutvonen.
Daniel M. Lawrence. No copyright was claimed for modifications made by Petri H. Kutvonen.

Original statement of copying policy:
The original statement of copying policy:

MicroEMACS 3.9 can be copied and distributed freely for any
non-commercial purposes. MicroEMACS 3.9 can only be incorporated
MicroEMACS 3.9 can be copied and distributed freely for any non-commercial purposes. MicroEMACS 3.9 can only be incorporated
into commercial software with the permission of the current author
[Daniel M. Lawrence].

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WHY IS IT BASED ON AN OLD VERSION OF MicroEMACS?

In my opinion 3.9e was the best of all MicroEMACSes. Creeping
In my opinion, 3.9e was the best of all MicroEMACSes. Creeping
featurism, growing size, and reduced portability made versions 3.10 and
3.11 less attractive. MicroEMACS 3.9e was one of the few editors that
were truly portable between different flavours of UNIX, PC/MS-DOS, and
were truly portable between different flavors of UNIX, PC/MS-DOS, and
VAX/VMS. It was pretty robust - although not flawless. uEmacs/PK 4.0
includes numerous bug fixes, adds some new functionality and comfort but
does not sacrifice the best things (small size and portability).
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CONTACT INFORMATION

There will probably not be many new versions of uEmacs/PK, maybe just
some bug fixes. I have no intention to develope the code any further.
some bug fixes. I have no intention to develop the code any further.
However, if you have some comments or good suggestions, you may find
the email address below useful.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND STATUS

I would like to thank Linus Torvalds and Jyrki Havia for their work on
some bugs. uEmacs/PK 4.0.10 included fixes for a number of bugs and it
some bugs. uEmacs/PK 4.0.10 included fixes for several bugs and it
was assumed to be the final release for the UNIX platform. However,
there has been a couple of maintenance releases, so the final version is
4.0.13. On other platforms there has been no new releases since 4.0.3 in
4.0.13. On other platforms, there has been no new releases since 4.0.3 in
1991.

April 23, 1995
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