MINCE

• MINCE Is Not Complete[ly] EMACS

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Overview

• MINCE is an Emacs-like text editor from Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
  • Versions were available for many operating sysetms
    • CP/M‑80
    • CP/M‑68K
    • ST/GEMDOS
    • PC/DOS
    • RSX‑11
    • VAX/VMS
    • Wicat MCS
    • UNIX

Portable MINCE

• "Portable MINCE" is real MINCE, plus:
  • CP/M system call translation
  • 8080/Z80 CPU emulation
    • 68000 support planned

Building

• Required:

  • ANSI/ISO C compiler (gcc, clang, etc.)
  • POSIX cmp, env, and sh (Bourne shell)
  • GNU make

• Optional:

  • Tcl expect and POSIX sed
    • Needed to override default terminal configuration (24 cols, 80 rows).

• Review the Makefile for more information.

Usage

• MINCE Online Documentation
  • Introduction
  • Command Summary
  • Character Set
• MINCE Printed Documentation
  • Getting Started
  • User Guide
  • Addendum: Version 2.6
  • Internal Documentation

Tested configurations

Working

• ARMv7HF (ARM32)
  • Raspbian (Buster) 10, GNU C 8.3.0 (6+rpi1)
• ARM64 (AArch64)
  • Debian (Bullseye) 11, GNU C 10.2.1
  • FreeBSD 13.0‑RC4, Clang 11.0.1 (g43ff75f2c3fe)
  • FreeBSD 13.0‑RC5, GNU C 9.3.0
• x86 (IA32)
  • Debian (Sid) 11, GNU C 10.2.0
  • Haiku 55027, GNU C 2.95.3 (20170720)
  • Haiku 55027, GNU C 8.3.0 (20190524)
• x86_64 (AMD64)
  • CentOS 8 (Stream), GNU C 10.2.1
  • Fedora 33, GNU C 10.2.1
  • Fedora 33, Intel oneAPI DPC++ 2021.2.0 (20210317)
  • Fedora 34 Beta, AMD AOCC 2.3.0 (20201110)
  • Haiku 55029, GNU C 8.3.0 (20190524)
  • macOS (Big Sur) 11.3 Beta 6, GNU C 10.2.0 (Homebrew GCC 10.2.0‑4)
  • macOS (Big Sur) 11.3 Beta 6, Xcode 12.4 (1200.0.32.29)
  • NetBSD 9.1, GNU C 7.5.0 (nb4-20200810)
  • OpenBSD 6.8, Clang 10.0.1
  • RHEL 8.3, GNU C 8.4.1
  • OpenIndiana 20210407 (Hipster), SunOS/illumos 5.11, GNU C 3.4.3 (20050802)
  • Windows 10.0‑21343 (Insider), GNU C 10.2.0 (Cygwin 3.2.0)
  • Windows, Midipix, GNU C 4.6.4 (Midipix)
• RISC-V (RV64)
  • Debian (Sid) 11, GNU C 10.2.0

Needs work

• Cray (VSMP)
  • UNICOS (SV1) 10.0.1.2, Cray Standard C 6.6.0.3
  • UNICOS (J98) 10.0.0.2, Cray Standard C 6.4.0.0
    • Issue: File I/O not working on UNICOS, everything else is OK.
• Motorola 68000 (M68010)
  • SYSTEM V/68 (VME/10) Release 2 Version 1.0, SGS 1.5 (3/13/83)
    • Issue: "ccpu.c", line 2142: compiler error: switch table overflow

Roadmap

• End-user configuration system, customizable via file or environment variables.
• Avoid main input busywait/spin‑loop to reduce idle CPU usage.
• Translation of line endings at run time (use dos2unix as a workaround).
• Translation of PgUp / PgDn / Home / End / cursor control / arrow keys.
• Build with GCC ‑fno‑common and reduce ‑Wall warnings.
• Support crash recovery (by parsing mince.swp) in case of unclean exit.
• Add support for external filters, such as hexadecimal mode (via xxd).
• Support for automatic terminal resizing (by catching and handling SIGWINCH).
• Allow building MINCE binaries with various extensions; produce verified/tested configurations.
• Build and integrate Scribble, Pencil, and Crayon.
  • Automatic setup for ANSI/ASME Y14.1 (US) and ISO-216 (EU) paper types.
  • End‑user run time switching between different printer defintions.
  • Support for rendering (NEC, Epson, Diablo, etc.) proportional font printer output.
  • Conversion of Crayon output to PDF, PostScript, etc.
  • Automate Scribble formatting to (n)roff / groff, (X)HTML, TeX / LaTeX, etc. (utilizing Pandoc or similar tools for conversion).
• Add Motorola 68000 CPU core for CP/M‑68K to support MINCE‑68K.
  • Automatically invoke MINCE‑68K version for large input files.
  • End-user configuration of default MINCE flavor (MINCE‑80 or MINCE‑68K).
• User-configurable key bindings and mapping.
  • Allow user configuration without requiring full recompilation.
  • Normalize key bindings and mappings between MINCE flavors.
• Support for RSX‑11, VMS, and OS/2 operating systems.
• Create packages using NFPM / FPM, Homebrew tap / cask, pkgsrc, etc.

Original Authors

• Portable MINCE: Copyright © 2021 Jeffrey H. Johnson <trnsz@pobox.com>
• MINCE: Copyright © 1980—1985 by Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
• DIFF: Copyright © 1981 by Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
• Scribble, Pencil, Crayon: Copyright © 1981 by Mark of the Unicorn, Inc.
  • MINCE / DIFF / Scribble / Pencil / Crayon: Authored by Jason T. Linhart, Scott ("Gyro") Layson Burson, Craig A. Finseth, Brian N. Hess, and Bill Spitzak.
• CCOM80 (Derived from COM 3.0): Copyright © 1984—2008 by Jim Cathey, Edmund Ramm, Charlie Gibbs, and Willi Kusche.
• coffwrap (Derived from bin2c): Copyright © 2015 by Ondrej Novak.

License

• See the LICENSE file for important details.