Before WordPerfect: Program Editor

Precursor to WordPerfect - Program Editor. I posted some time ago looking for a WordPerfect-like editor that pre-dated WP that I used to use. As with many things, the thought would nag me from time to time. Back in the mid/late 90's, I helped the local newspaper move articles from electronic word processing files to their webpage news section. It was tedious to say the least. As I thought of that, I could not remember the name of the program I used. I reached out to an acquaintance, who used to work with the same local paper and who helped run the dialup freenet we had at the time, to see if he could remember it. Sure enough, he remembered: Program Editor. The recalled history goes something like this: Professor at BYU creates Program Editor which then eventually becomes WordPerfect shortly afterward. When he told me this, I recalled the newspaper owner telling me that story back when he handed me the floppy disk. In fact, he would hand me a disk with the program on it plus several files with the week's news articles. I would save the text to be posted online (the exact steps elude me, but I think I used Windows 95 to run a DOS window then use copy/paste to move the text from the Editor window to a text file, then edit the text file for html to be ftp'd to the site - that might not be exactly right, I have slept a time or two since those days). In any case, I thought I would share this in case any other DOS die-hard wanted to take a trip down memory-ish lane. BTW, if parts of the history aren't quite right, feel free to add corrections below.

Reset MacOS Spotlight Index

If you notice files/folders suddenly seem to be missing on your Mac, your index may be corrupt. Here's how I fixed it. Note: These steps were found on a Reddit post and are being posted here so I can find it easier.

• Open the Terminal in the Utilities' folder. 
• Copy each line below then paste it at the Terminal's prompt and press RETURN. 
• You will be prompted to enter your admin password. It will not echo back to the Terminal window. Press RETURN again. You should only be asked when you run the first command.
• These are the commands (one per entry):
• sudo moutil -a -i off 
• sudo mutil -a -i on 
• sudo mdutil -E

Hope this helps!

Note: There was an extra line (sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight*) in the steps above, but many comments indicated that the command was redundant and unnnecessary.