1 Dec
2014
1 Dec
'14
6:57 p.m.
On 2014-12-02 03:51, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
I would perhaps disagree since TECO is a programming language, and
whatnot. But I don't object to calling it a text editor as well. I'm not
sure what distinction to a line editor would be. Did you perhaps have an
argument with someone else, and mixed it up with me? :-)
Johnny
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Noel Chiappa
wrote:
[Snip]
Since the "Subject" specified "word processing software", I
assumed that
would exclude TECO which I regard as a "text editor" (although Johnny
strongly disagrees since his concept is a "line editor" - if I remember
correctly). There was also a TECO version available for the
PDP-11's running
RSTS/E
(and likely others)
There was a
'visual TECO' running on the V6 Unix at MIT; that's what
we used
before the EMACS came along. I don't know the background of it, if it
shares
any history with the one you mentioned.
From the (slim) manual I have for it, it seems to
have had both TECO
mode
(the usual TECO command interface, the stuff that looks like line
noise), and
a visual mode, just like primitive EMACS. (Probably only supported
VT52's,
though.) The latter mode had some built-in command keys, and there
were also
macro packages to extend it (again, just like primitive EMACS,
although those
for the PDP-11 Unix TECO were not as sophisticated).
That's all almost certainly on the tape too, if anyone cares! :-)