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Subject: Re: [TUHS] screen editors
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>It's interesting how much of this has=C2=A0 been lost to history. Curses, =
in
thanks for the deep insider view.
I heard that Bill's ex/vi sources were incomprehensible 'read never' code. =
Hence it makes no wonder that everybody failed adding real support for curs=
or keys. beyond automatically switching from insert to visual mode on hitti=
ng any cursor key!