 Pe logo, introduced in 2005 | |
| Developer(s) | Maarten Hekkelman |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 2.4.3
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| Repository | |
| Written in | C / C++ |
| Operating system | BeOS, Haiku |
| Type | Text Editor |
| License | MIT |
| Website | https://github.com/olta/pe |
Pe, short for Programmer's Editor, is an open source text editor for the Be Operating System (BeOS), Haiku[1] and other BeOS-like operating systems, targeted towards source-code editing.[2] It is conceptually based on the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop and BBEdit, both of which are editing programs for the Mac OS.[3]
It can work as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML auto-completion support, automatic updating of files included within other files, and direct FTP integration.[4]
Pe was written by the Dutch programmer Maarten Hekkelman, who also wrote BDB, the source-level debugger for the BeOS, and the spreadsheet Sum-It!, first for classic Mac OS and later BeOS where it was packaged by Beatware as half of BeBasics.[5] Originally it was a commercial product sold on BeDepot for $50.[6] Later after being open sourced, it came preloaded with the first alpha release of Haiku in 2009.[7] Hekkelman also ported Pe to Macintosh under the name Pepper, until he ended development in 2002.[3]
Pe was used to write the BeOS Bible, as well as In the Beginning... Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson, both of which mention it.[8]