Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpda!hpcuha!hpcuhd!edwardm From: edwardm@hpcuhd.HP.COM (Edward McClanahan) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: ancient versions from emacs [TECO] Message-ID: <106150001@hpcuhd.HP.COM> Date: 15 Dec 90 00:11:13 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 27 Ronald @ Acuson writes: > Back in school we used to have a version of emacs which used TECO, and yes, > there does seem to be some resemblance to line noise. Unfortunatelly, my > account at school finally disappeared, and I can't find any of my TECO code. > Anyone out there willing to give us an example of your best (i.e. most like > line noise :-) TECO code? Sorry I don't have the "line noise" anymore, but long ago I used to use a VAX running VMS 1.3. THE editor was TECO (ported from DEC-10 days). Some tireless sole had developed a TECO macro known as VTEDIT. It was about 500 lines with 80 characters/line of TECO commands. The most frequent character was the dollar-sign ($) as this is what TECO echoes when the command terminator ESCAPE is pressed. VTEDIT source was entirely unreadable to my eyes. A TECO expert I asked said that one could write readable TECO macro source, but since TECO interprets the macros, the author found a great speed-up was possible by removing "white space". For those unfamiliar with VTEDIT, it provided a screen editor not unlike Dec's later EDT (and TPU) on VT100 terminals. If I run across the VTEDIT source, I'll post it. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Edward McClanahan Hewlett Packard Company -or- edwardm@cup.hp.com Mail Stop 42UN 11000 Wolfe Road Phone: (480)447-5651 Cupertino, CA 95014 Fax: (408)447-5039