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 275bdbf4 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 20:44:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 05E329BCC1; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 06:44:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF8E9BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 06:44:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 70E329BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 06:44:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta30p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta30p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.94]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 773B99BCA8 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 06:44:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep30p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200107204416.VDWO6125.viclafep30p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:44:16 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrvdehiedgvddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5DF700CC03A87DC4 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:44:15 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 007KiEs8078852 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:44:14 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 007KiD57078849 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:44:14 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 07:44:12 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <5a2152e0cbaaf23fc31a51f984a5ef9d@firemail.de> Message-ID: References: <202001070231.0072ViZp123105@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> <5a2152e0cbaaf23fc31a51f984a5ef9d@firemail.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 Tue, 7 Jan 2020, Thomas Paulsen 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... > > you can download, build and use em making immediately clear that em was > much easier to use than ed. Nevertheless em was only (another) step in > between ed and vi. I'm sure you're right, but that wasn't the point that I was making... -- Dave