---
name: "jered"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jered"
version: "1.6.8-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jered"
---

# jered(1)

JErome's Renamed EDitor

## NAME

JERED - JErome's Renamed EDitor

## SYNOPSIS

**jered** \[ **file1 file2 ... fileN** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**JERED** is a very simple to use full screen text editor. It provides C/C++ syntax highlighting, macros recording & playing, moving, copying or deleting blocks, per-user settings, shell escapes, and a lot of great things. Almost all of the actions are available by pressing a unique key. The user interface may be in English, French, Finnish or German. By default you gan get help in your preferred language by typing ESC\_h.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **JEPROFILE**

  If this is set, indicates the pathname to the current user JERED settings. If this isn't set, the default user settings file is **~/.jeredrc**or**/etc/jeredrc** if it exists or the compile time user settings.

- **JEHELP**

  If this is set, indicates the pathname to JERED's help file. You can get this help by the internal command **':help'** The default help file is **./help.je** You can get help on current key mappings pressing ESC\_h (by default)

- **JEMACROS**

  If this is set, indicates the pathname to the macros's directory. If this isn't set, the default directory for macros is the current directory.

## FILES

- **~/.jeredrc***or***/etc/jeredrc**

  Current user settings for JERED. Refer to this file to make your own.

- **./help.je**

  Current help file for JERED. The help is available by the internal command **':help'**

- **./genhelp.je**

  Automatically generated help file according to current key mappings. You can access this help pressing **ESC\_h** (by default)

- **./macro.jem**

  Current default macro

## AUTHORS (main ones)

Jerome Alet \<alet@unice.fr\> code and french doc. Joseph L. Hartmann, Jr. \<joeh@sugar-river.net\> many ideas and english doc. Antti K. Barck \<proff@iki.fi\> code and GNU compliant build tree

## BUGS

Some bugs are mentioned in ENGLISH.DOC which is parts of the JERED package. Report bugs or corrections to alet@unice.fr

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

JERED is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

JERED is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with JERED; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

## AVAILABILITY

http://cortex.unice.fr/~jerome/jered/

## SEE ALSO (but never use any more)

[**vi**(1)](/vi/1.md)