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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE, 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 2aa80862 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CEEAE9B83C; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:05:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E4A93D85; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:05:13 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="g0GykEMV"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8F4FF93D85; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:05:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f177.google.com (mail-qk1-f177.google.com [209.85.222.177]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 28D4193D07 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:05:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f177.google.com with SMTP id 21so2300368qky.4 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:05:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Iz4wGyxOTfZvOvHzS6Gg8D/v5FS+oTaTc0hzWDBOllM=; b=g0GykEMVKUVVXP9Cio6AkD0G9Uubm9sZ/WDUf5wIe+Ih/Oz8H/eKY4thqGduBfrBmU NdPT65w7Itpy6RsTGxCmdORJzJEZlZpvi18+uSwNdyye1D+BIjGO0knUbYmYQ7kwSak1 KOh6RPROcf04TsFMxzqQRLW718a8vM1LtXNQ4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Iz4wGyxOTfZvOvHzS6Gg8D/v5FS+oTaTc0hzWDBOllM=; b=CcAE5aVBoKWfHJz4DGBz2oCl8vUAD06uHnafmCULYkvDmrFjnbiWYyPm1g0C3/lDmZ 8uJz7RhiCsBGr067X+CXmSVVrRfLM5pY+AQgTS+HL8V2e73ujPi7KhfaMmoSFfDa1IVt meS+Cjym65rG7xoqlP3ilJXH9N/mNuYMK98iVuhogJDCK4O6GR4HNjevh1LQ5VYPScdK gXCl9FiCbV44Xeqn5AGwsldwaXlpfto4MX+SCXPOA9oM9U4jPZ09rsNR4Sg7ZpMa1CQ/ 2wxtEKIa3n8XW0mH406OZuFyJsAgsILGcbJifj0PL81cE8st+U7bElrWU28SDCpaX/32 KAdA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWyOTXy+ZMI73ry3M7SK3l/LonDh7hB6UEl1ZhOfvvxA19Eb0+F fKICrSz9VlQ0VVmtE2XY7HvBFijXOf5Rx4JzK7zQ9A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzf4itM+iVtaA7Q75vWurzqmCbILkbOx67vkmUtvaumsCaX1gO+V+p29if5FoaYid/8Ji4TStJBCq9AtKdC4+A= X-Received: by 2002:a37:6346:: with SMTP id x67mr3840232qkb.476.1578672308181; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 08:05:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9c507ef665851fd21ecdf0e23136dc86@firemail.de> <1ippPk-8PE-00@marmaro.de> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:04:41 -0500 Message-ID: To: Nemo Nusquam Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002576a4059bcb4a15" 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: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000002576a4059bcb4a15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:39 AM Nemo Nusquam wrote: > Intrigued, I asked her what the editor was. She did not know > and pointed to her cheat-sheet listing editor commands. One was ^X^C to > exit-and-send. She is not a programmer and I was a bit surprised at > their choice. > Similar fun Unix/ITS emacs story. In the mid/later 1970s, my least techie sister Cynthia was/is a concert harpist with a degree from Oberlin's conservatory. She can type extremely fast as she has super manual dexterity. But playing the harp is not something that paid a great deal or offered her 'regular' gigs, so to make the monthly rent she got a job working at MIT as Ron Rivest's admin . She typed all the RSA papers in emacs and tex on one of the MIT systems. She did not know any better, that's what they gave her/taught her. When she later would look for a job at other places and they would ask her, 'do you know how to use a Wang System' and she would say: "No, I know emacs" [for the younger set, longer before MS-Word, "Wang" was synonymous with "word processor" and many/most commercial offices had a 'Wang unit" for the folks doing the typing.]. [As a side note when she found out the elevators were hacked and controlled by the student's different computers, she stopped using them and would take the stairs in Tech Sq]. --0000000000002576a4059bcb4a15 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:3= 9 AM Nemo Nusquam <cym224@gmail.com<= /a>> wrote:
I= ntrigued, I asked her what the editor was. She did not know
and pointed to her cheat-sheet listing editor commands.=C2=A0 One was ^X^C = to
exit-and-send.=C2=A0 She is not a programmer and I was a bit surprised at <= br> their choice.

In the mid/later 1970s, my lea= st techie sister Cynthia was/is a concert harpist with a degree from Oberli= n's conservatory.=C2=A0 She can type extremely fast as she has super ma= nual dexterity.=C2=A0 But playing the harp is not something that paid a gre= at deal or offered her 'regular' gigs, so to make the monthly rent= =C2=A0she got a job working at MIT as Ron Rivest's=C2=A0admi= n .=C2=A0 She typed all the RSA papers in emacs and tex on one of the MIT s= ystems.=C2=A0 She did not know any better, that's what they gave her/ta= ught her.=C2=A0 =C2=A0When she later would look for a job at other places a= nd they would ask her, 'do you know how to use a Wang System' and s= he would say: "No, I know emacs" [for the younger set, longer bef= ore MS-Word, "Wang" was synonymous=C2=A0with "word processor= " and many/most commercial offices had a 'Wang unit" for the = folks doing the typing.].

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