From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id d8e9d8ca for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 08:24:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 33FE99BB71; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 18:24:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDB5C9B545; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 18:24:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 302599B545; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 18:24:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from firemail.de (firemail.de [88.99.137.45]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AABF4951B1 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 18:24:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from firemail.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by firemail.de (b1gMailServer) with ESMTP id 6386C443 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:24:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:24:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5a2152e0cbaaf23fc31a51f984a5ef9d@firemail.de> X-Mailer: b1gMail/7.4.0 X-Sender-IP: 93.209.198.19 From: "Thomas Paulsen" To: "Dave Horsfall" In-Reply-To: References: <202001070231.0072ViZp123105@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [TUHS] screen editors 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: , Reply-To: Thomas Paulsen Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >I don't recall the exact details, but there was once an editor called "em" >(Editor for Mortals). I remember thinking: what sort of an idiot would >call it that, with the "e" and "r" keys adjacent to each >other? I wonder how many files were lost that way... you can download, build and use em making immediately clear that em was muc= h easier=20 to use than ed. Nevertheless em was only (another) step in between ed and v= i. http://pgas.freeshell.org/C/em/ http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Em_Editor/ http://www.coulouris.net/cs_history/em_story/emsource/