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]
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