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aXe

(An X Editor) A text editor used with the X Window system. By adding widgets, aXe can be customized by the user.


axe (US), ax
1. a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc.
2. the axe Informal
a. dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe)
b. Brit severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service
3. US slang any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn

(tool)aXe - A text editor for the X Window System. No longer maintained.


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