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From: SYSNET@cc.nu.oz (David Morrison)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Re^n: vi (vs VMS/EDT)
Message-ID: <11392@cc.nu.oz>
Date: 1 Dec 89 08:50:50 GMT
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Organization: University of Newcastle
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In article <13931@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, rpandey@mist.cs.orst.edu (Rajeev Pandey) writes:
> kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers) writes:
>> Does anyone remember the name of the DEC editor that had that spiffy
>>  "learn" mode?  It seems that would be easy as stink to add to Vi and would
>> make vi the "ultimate" macro-easy editor.
> 
>  Someone already posted one suggestion, but I will post another: TECO/VT.
>  One of the best editors of all time! I loved the learn mode. It seemed to
>  be able to do a lot of stuff that one cannot do with any common editor making
>  the rounds these days......(I seem to recall TECO came on the DECUS 
>  distribution tapes, so it may not have been a DEC product).

Not only TECO/VT.  Teco in any form allows you to learn restrospectively:
type in a sequence of commands followed by ESC ESC (the normal command
terminator), then *(register name) and the whole sequence is saved in the
register.  The register contents can be executed at will.  BTW, 36 registers
can be used.
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