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,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 451cbdee for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 15:29:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 41FDC9BCC7; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 01:29:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B106D9BCA9; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 01:29:21 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="U2qwCGwZ"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8EB579BCA9; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 01:29:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f171.google.com (mail-oi1-f171.google.com [209.85.167.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22F05945FC for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2020 01:29:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f171.google.com with SMTP id c16so2960789oic.3 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 07:29:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=0urtuton92lVlW/Wtv+34/dlGTM55MEQm0DWKB1qOOA=; b=U2qwCGwZN0VOWFdqtvuhlFWDXD3hyrRsH5spZ9RS9ryo6xP7FFUcxnrFrW2LdPxm4p 9OKWvq8TND1DG1du3P8yPV/w2X/fTk+2pCMIBj3TvW/lw5I2U4i1FXdCQU8rr0OwhH/V 17GbntRViMnt7PLo2RpWwACOeauSn+sgBz9b5J6Dc65tUvzI8y6By1J6yVBpMFOB1DNH rf0Y4Z74LrvIKJg972Jh3tI2g6Am5EICXrKAWWwAXLTFF2yDJKszRsPJpErRbm+Vg2fu tEx8lXu5GkNuw0KrjkDn8QGb+6DsrLo2jTTwfnLhzOdRLHYfj9PxeMWq+8u6Dv2dQNmA gTKw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=0urtuton92lVlW/Wtv+34/dlGTM55MEQm0DWKB1qOOA=; b=j1qTQB1QPJ3jrS2svnDemc9quNUMk+T7YevsOYHxHHMk5gKJvl1G9FrykeessmHZgd OSjCELChkj1Bks0ILJBwnh7+8mWbxsasxRWXu+Q12maa/mirsQFgg5PTVOP/wjoBiNDm vl1qeOiX1vOOi3Hy7SclOybXOz4p9LAdwAyW9/zn2pg16h3L/WL9buVAIF7lblEE3teX yVsklMUypyFF/vQ1aOsD13971vDYH2827hEleWDzAs0zJWiXE3i2rHCM5LayazjrMe93 RNbS2PRqV2IvrGf5f8A9b1bRyl69yhhrIe7uRieboDWrv6L9u8eQXAkNe1Urbhz1smkS pgwQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVViHm3E9yxcjaVVprUAUAY12N44vng+VjNUyEjeTsiITboR+E2 HGcKUpo+I0cJBGzgSHlwNnEVRoKGa+08wjn05aoE2w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwRfFzrUi+RI+yaqVbSEB7IqPoQjaQ3/QjmdkIZu7MhSg/50QbataTR7hNsOUTDX7bjII+08ZYEm+5fZTOMFD4= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1c5:: with SMTP id x5mr3568737oic.57.1578497358243; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 07:29:18 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ac9:1462:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:29:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <202001070231.0072ViZp123105@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> From: Steve Mynott Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 15:29:17 +0000 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 07/01/2020, Dave Horsfall wrote: > 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... It was a line editor which resembled ex, came from QMC London and was used on some VAX BSD systems in UK Universities in the early '80s. The source is online. As for "rm" typos I'm sure many discovered netnews the same way! -- Steve Mynott cv25519/ECF8B611205B447E091246AF959E3D6197190DD5