peterd@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) (05/05/90)
In article <1990Apr30.141137.1011@ednor.bbc.com>, ejg@ednor.bbc.com (Ed Gaudet) writes: > In article <D613G_Exds13@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > >> > Anyone have a simple user-friendly editor for UNIX? Prefereably something > >> > that has a line-mode as well as a screen mode, for the times when line noise > >> > is overpowering? > > > >> Hmmm. *boy* does that sound like vi. :-) > > > >Laffa while you can, monkey boy. :-> > > > >Seriously, though, this isn't for programmers. This is for folks in the . . . Here's what you want! This was posted to alt.folklore.computers and describes the perfect beginners' editor. Not big deal, just show them their data! And in a universal format, to boot! So how about it. Who's going to implement "029"? And what about the follow-on, "129" (with editing facilities only dreamed about by users of "029"!?! I'd buy it.... - peterd ------------------------------------------------------------ [ *** found in alt.folklore.computer *** ] > The point being, DD cards were loathsome things so making a Unix > command with that name was black humor. Someone at UCLA actually wrote a replacement for /bin/sh (for a version 7 Unix, I think) which interpreted JCL. For instance, you had to type //SYSIN DD * in order to get a program's stdin to be the terminal. He (or a co-conspirator) also had written an editor to replace "ed", called "029". As you typed, the "card" scrolled to the left (just like a card does in the real 029) and the proper holes appeared in the appropriate column . I think he had even gotten a DUP function to work before giving up on the project. -- Doug Landauer -- landauer@eng.sun.com or ...!sun!landauer _ Sun Microsystems, Inc. -- SPD, SET, Languages La no ka 'oi.