This was forked a _long_ time ago from http://fte.sf.net/ ... 

The original README is below, but this fork diverged from the
original decades ago. Don't send Marko bug reports for this fork.

I have fixed a few things, updated it for modern compilers,
changed a few things to my liking, and added an SDL3 build, which
will work on most things without having to write _more_
platform-specific code. In modern times, I use the SDL3 build
exclusively.

People often ask me why I use this as my primary development
tool, and it's because I found FTE at a time in my life when
I was hopping between MS-DOS, OS/2 and Linux, and my primary
development tool was DOS EDIT, and QuickBASIC's text editor.

FTE offered more power than that--undo, syntax highlighting,
etc--but with roughly the same keybindings as DOS EDIT and
ports to all the platforms I was using, so I switched.

Now I have so much muscle memory for it, I just love using
it, warts and limitations and all. Being a million years
old, its resource usage is wildly low.

There are better, more powerful, and also-portable tools, so
I don't recommend FTE to newcomers, but since I use it, I
maintain a fork because no one else will, and it's good to
own your tools.

--ryan.



                           FTE Kit, Version 0.49.13

                     Copyright 1994-1998 by Marko Macek.
			    All rights reserved.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of either:

	a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
	Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
	later version, or

	b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this Kit.

    This program 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 either
    the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this
    Kit, in the file named "Artistic".  If not, I'll be glad to provide one.

    You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
WWW:   http://www.kiss.uni-lj.si/~k4fr0235/fte/

See file HISTORY for a list of recent changes.
See file TODO for a list of possible future additions.
See file FTE.HTML/FTE.INF for installation instructions.
See file BUGS for a list of unresolved problems.

Contributors:
  - F.Jalvingh
    NT/Win95/DOS port.
  - Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <[email protected]>
    DOS port (DJGPP)