26 Aug
2004
26 Aug
'04
4:09 a.m.
At 11:38 AM 8/26/2004, you wrote:
Actually with PC keyboards the <ESC> key isn't where I like either.
Finger got tired reaching way up to the function key line.
I have a TSR that loads under DOS that converts the grave ` (backwards
single quote, under the tilde ~) to <ESC>.
Used it this morning in DOS box under W2K with TECO.
I found a current list of all books written by David Drake on the web.
www.scifan.com
Good, except it was in date order, with the year in front of each title.
Cut and paste and saved to a text file.
Baada bim, baada boom with TECO and a minute later, voila!
A csv file sorted by Title with the date at the end of each line.
I'm sure there are much better editors, but
I have TECO on every OS I regularly work with:
WinXXX, Dos, RT11, RSX11M,
and some I don't, RSTS, Linux, and VMS.
Ed
TECO forever
As for the ESC,
I think it was a combination of "no one needs that key
anymore" (decision made by people who didn't care about TECO because
the company law was that there is only one editor and its name is EDT)
and the fact that a standalone ESC code is a pain in the neck to
process when you have function keys that generate escape sequences.
Esc is indeed a pain .. (from my days writing software on, for use on,
Wyse serial terminals.... Now, the PC-layout Wyse keyboard (on a wy-120)
I liked a lot for feel...