LE (text editor)

<p>LE is a <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a> which appears something like the Norton Editor, but has many additional features:
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<ul><li>Rectangle select/copy/paste (block type is switchable)</li>
<li>Search/replace with <a href="/facts/Regular_expressions/KFL3veHX">regular expressions</a></li>
<li>Filtering block contents through an external program</li>
<li>Linear multilevel <a href="/facts/Undo/ELQMGH4k">undo</a>/redo</li>
<li>Customizable menus</li>
<li>Color <a href="/facts/Syntax_highlighting/cLCr5a6w">syntax highlighting</a> (using regular expressions in an external file)</li>
<li>Handles <a href="/facts/UTF-8/xlaVHSyf">UTF-8</a> characters, based on <a href="/facts/Locale_(computer_software)/Hwbtpj4e">locale</a> settings</li>
<li>Customizable keymaps for different terminal types (associating either literal strings or <a href="/facts/Terminfo/7lxnrBV0">terminfo</a> capability names)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hexadecimal/02ohQW22">Hexadecimal</a> editing mode</li>
<li>Editing of <a href="/facts/Mmap/QCtfjG5u">mmap</a>'d files or devices in replace mode</li>
<li>Frame drawing mode (first seen in <a href="/facts/Lexicon_(program)/8JszgCBh">Lexicon</a>)</li>
<li>File selection box (inspired by <a href="/facts/Turbo_C/guLaLnDR">Turbo C</a>)</li>
<li>Built-in <a href="/facts/Reverse_Polish_notation/a6rDoJ7X">postfix</a> calculator.</li></ul>
<p>It uses <a href="/facts/Ncurses/anPTppfj">ncurses</a> for display, mouse and part of the keyboard handling.  The application has a built-in table of key assignments for <a href="/facts/Xterm/XcS74d7I">xterm</a>, <a href="/facts/Rxvt/66mkUPFn">rxvt</a> and some less familiar terminal types.
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LE (text editor)