<s>
ne	B-Language
(	O
for	O
"	O
nice	B-Language
editor	I-Language
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
console	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
for	O
POSIX	O
computer	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
terminfo	B-Device
library	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
compiled	O
using	O
a	O
bundled	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
termcap	B-Application
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
Cygwin	B-Language
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ne	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
vi	B-Application
that	O
will	O
be	O
more	O
familiar	O
to	O
beginners	O
and	O
modern	O
users	O
and	O
still	O
be	O
portable	O
across	O
all	O
POSIX-compliant	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
remain	O
usable	O
on	O
slow	O
remote	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
GUI-derived	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
quit	O
and	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
file	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
multi-mode	O
command	O
structure	O
of	O
vi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
many	O
features	O
common	O
in	O
advanced	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
regular	B-Language
expressions	I-Language
,	O
configurable	O
menus	O
and	O
keybindings	O
and	O
autocomplete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ne	B-Language
can	O
pipe	O
a	O
marked	O
block	O
of	O
text	O
through	O
any	O
command	O
line	O
filter	O
using	O
the	O
Through	O
command	O
bound	O
to	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ne	B-Language
has	O
some	O
support	O
for	O
UTF-8	O
encoding	O
and	O
is	O
8-bit	O
clean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ne	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
3000T	I-Device
using	O
the	O
curses	B-Device
library	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
that	O
platform	O
's	O
TurboText	O
editor	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Martin	O
Taillefer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
terminfo	B-Device
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	O
Lewis	O
joined	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
donating	O
code	O
he	O
wrote	O
to	O
add	O
features	O
required	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
North	O
Carolina	O
at	O
Chapel	O
Hill	O
,	O
which	O
implemented	O
ne	B-Language
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
migration	O
of	O
their	O
research	O
computers	O
from	O
MVS	B-Application
to	O
UNIX	B-Application
..	O
Daniele	O
Filaretti	O
helped	O
with	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
using	O
code	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Joe	B-Device
editor	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.6	O
adds	O
narrowing	B-Application
for	O
the	O
file	O
open	O
screen	O
,	O
adds	O
status	O
indicators	O
in	O
the	O
open	O
documents	O
list	O
and	O
improves	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Voice	O
has	O
rated	O
ne	B-Language
as	O
the	O
third	O
best	O
editor	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
