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* GEDIT - Superset of the ICL George editor. Written by Dave Toll of Atlas Computing Centre.

Editors that ran on GEC Computers mini-computers

Text editors:

ECCE - Reimplementation of Edinburgh Compatible Context Editor in [Babbage] for [GEC 4000 Series], but not available outside of GEC Computers.
EDIT - Very basic line editor, forward motion only. Commands were allegedly based on an older Elliott Brothers paper tape editor.
GEDIT - Superset of the ICL George editor. Written by Dave Toll of Atlas Computing Centre.
PAGE - Screen editor written by Mike John of NET-TEL Computer Systems Ltd.
SALVE - Screen editor implementation of ECCE (also available outside GEC Computers)
WS - Screen editor written by Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

Text formatters:

DOCU - Used to format the System Generation documentation
DORMAT - Allegedly based on IBM's Format. Written by Dr A Colin Day of University College London.
RUNOFF - Written/ported by Atlas Computing Centre.