From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23505 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2022 07:22:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 31 Jan 2022 07:22:02 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DE4E59D06E; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:22:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BF44951B7; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:21:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CE8AE951B7; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:21:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 636B19518E for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:21:49 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (freefriends.org [96.88.95.60]) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 20V7LjxD024837 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:21:45 -0700 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id 20V7LjiB024836; Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:21:45 -0700 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202201310721.20V7LjiB024836@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:21:45 -0700 To: will.senn@gmail.com, arnold@skeeve.com References: <87492671-3406-49DF-B458-5F701DDFC09B@gmail.com> <202201301609.20UG9CpQ023310@freefriends.org> <555F6961-A97C-4CCE-9AE9-20A49525AEAF@gmail.com> <202201310713.20V7Dxxf023410@freefriends.org> In-Reply-To: <202201310713.20V7Dxxf023410@freefriends.org> User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Ratfor s X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > Thanks for the link. I skimmed it and will read it later. > > What struck me was the splitting of the editor into front and back ends > that did not have to be on the same machine. Rob Pike used that design > for "sam" somewhat later. I wonder if he got the idea from 's' or came > up with it on his own... (Dough, thoughts?) Typo (embarassment). Should be "Doug, thoughts?". Sigh. > Thanks, > > Arnold > > Will Senn wrote: > > > Hi Arnold, > > > > It was mentioned in the STinP edit discussion, so of course, I had to go looking! Here's the referenced article by Fraser: > > > > https://archive.org/details/compact-portable-crt > > > > Will > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jan 30, 2022, at 10:09 AM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > > > > > Will Senn wrote: > > > > > >> Has anyone seen Fraser's original ratfor source for the s editor for unix on the PDP-11. It was a screen editor front-end built on top of Software Tools's edit. I've seen a c version, but I'm interested in the 375 line version :). > > >> > > >> Will > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > I've never heard of this. Can you give some background please? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Arnold