This version of JED requires slang version 0.99-36 or greater. If you do not have the library, pick up the slang distribution as well and compile it first. It is not needed for the pc distribution. jedXXX.zip contains DOS executables (bin/jed*.exe) necessary library files, etc... It does not contain any source code. The source code is available in the tar file. If you get the .zip file, remember to unzip it using the pkunzip -d option!! If you plan to use the jed386.exe executable, you will need a DPMI server. Windows, QDPMI, 386Max, NWDOS, OS/2, Win/NT and Linux DOSemu all provide a DPMI server. If you intend to run jed386.exe outside one of these environments, pick up the freely availble dpmi server in the csdpmi subdirectory.