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This article will explain in detail how to use the JOE text editor on Linux. The editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it for you as a reference. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

Installation

On Linux, you may be able to find JOE in your distribution repository. Although it is a bit niche, not all distributions have packaged it. If so, you can download the source code from SourceForge and compile it yourself. This is a simple process:

$. / configure$ make$ sudo make install uses JOE

According to its author, JOE was inspired by an app called WordStar and GNU Emacs. Most of its basic editing keys are the same as WordStar shortcuts, and the editor itself is trying to move closer to WordStar. JOE also has some key bindings and functions of GNU Emacs. This mix of two sources of inspiration can be confusing at times, but then again, getting yourself out of Emacs (or your usual text editor of choice) can be confusing in any case. Importantly, JOE provides help and is easy to access.

In the upper right corner of the JOE interface, there is a continuous prompt. You can press Ctrl+K, followed by H to view the help screen. This is a toggle key, so once you activate it, the help screen will be displayed at the top of your editor window until you release it with the same key combination (the keyboard symbol in JOE is ^ KH).

Keyboard shortcuts

Although the author of JOE is very proud to simulate the WordStar user experience, I have to admit that this is lost for me. I never heard of WordStar until I read about it in JOE documentation, and in my opinion, its keyboard shortcut scheme is completely arbitrary. Some use Ctrl+K as the prefix of the escape sequence, some use Esc as the prefix, and some do not need the escape sequence at all. I can't be sure of the logic. Like the application options, editing operations may or may not require escape sequences, and letter associations don't make any sense to me (for example, Ctrl+K D stands for Save as).

Fortunately, JOE allows you to cheat on keyboard shortcuts. After installation, JOE quietly creates some symbolic links for the joe executable. These include:

Jmacs JOE binds with the Emacs key

Jpico JOE is bound using the Pico (or GNU nano) key

The editing of rjoe JOE is limited to files passed to JOE at startup

Jstar JOE binds with the WordStar key

Black terminal with white text showing WordStar key bindings

The persistent help menu still exists, so if you are not sure what features are available, you can refer to them through the help tips at the top right of the screen. Of course, in Pico/nano mode, the main command is always visible.

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