<s>
JOE	B-Device
or	O
Joe	B-Device
's	I-Device
Own	I-Device
Editor	I-Device
is	O
an	O
ncurses-based	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
JOE	B-Device
is	O
available	O
for	O
most	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
BSD	B-Operating_System
systems	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
macOS	B-Application
via	O
package	B-Application
managers	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Homebrew	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
JOE	B-Device
includes	O
an	O
integrated	O
help	B-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
and	O
a	O
reminder	O
of	O
how	O
to	O
get	O
help	O
is	O
always	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
key	O
sequences	O
in	O
JOE	B-Device
are	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
WordStar	B-Application
and	O
Turbo	B-Application
C	I-Application
:	O
many	O
are	O
combinations	O
of	O
the	O
Control	B-Device
key	I-Device
and	O
another	O
key	O
,	O
or	O
combinations	O
of	O
Ctrl+K	O
and	O
another	O
key	O
,	O
or	O
combinations	O
of	O
the	O
Escape	B-Device
key	I-Device
and	O
another	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerous	O
settings	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
through	O
Ctrl+T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
generally	O
customizable	O
through	O
an	O
extensive	O
configuration	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
it	O
supports	O
color	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
for	O
numerous	O
popular	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
is	O
also	O
configurable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JOE	B-Device
installs	O
hard	B-Application
links	I-Application
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rc	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
that	O
configure	O
JOE	B-Device
to	O
emulate	O
Emacs	B-Application
keybindings	O
(	O
when	O
invoked	O
as	O
jmacs	O
)	O
,	O
Pico	B-Operating_System
(	O
when	O
invoked	O
as	O
jpico	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
WordStar	B-Application
(	O
when	O
invoked	O
as	O
jstar	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
the	O
editor	O
is	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
editors	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
typical	O
Unix	B-Application
editor	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
internal	O
command	B-Application
history	I-Application
,	O
tab	O
completion	O
in	O
file	O
selection	O
menus	O
,	O
regular	B-Language
expression	I-Language
search	O
system	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
filter	O
(	O
pipe	B-Operating_System
)	O
arbitrary	O
blocks	O
of	O
text	O
through	O
any	O
external	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JOE	B-Device
was	O
among	O
the	O
default	O
editors	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
popular	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
which	O
gave	O
it	O
some	O
prominence	O
and	O
helped	O
build	O
a	O
user	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
as	O
an	O
option	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
sometimes	O
in	O
the	O
critical	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
rescue	O
mode	O
"	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
group	O
of	O
enthusiasts	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Marek	O
Grac	O
,	O
who	O
released	O
2.9	O
and	O
several	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
introducing	O
a	O
standardized	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
fixing	O
many	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Joe	B-Device
of	O
JOE	B-Device
is	O
not	O
the	O
same	O
Joe	B-Device
as	O
the	O
Joe	B-Device
of	O
JWM	B-Language
.	O
</s>
