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From: darrylo@hpsrlc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: IBM new 'standard'
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Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 13:01:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 24 13:01:23 1987
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In article <855@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP> madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP
(Jim "Jack" Frost) writes:

> As for memory resident software, who cares?  The point being:  with a
> multitasking operating system, you no longer need resident software.
> In BSD UNIX, you can just suspend the job you're working on and run
> someting else.  If you want to go back to the first thing, you can

I think you're missing the point.  One of the *BIG* uses of memory
resident software, aside from notepads, calendars, etc. (which can be
handled in a multitasking OS), is for programs like keyboard macro
programs and programs like CED.  I haven't seen any generic keyboard
macro programs for UNIX (one which works in most, if not all,
programs), and I've only seen VAX VMS with a CED-like feature.

For those of you who don't know, CED is a memory resident program
that gives the PC an alias and keyboard stack features.  If you want
to execute/edit a previous command, you simply use the up/down arrow keys to
dynamically display the command and use the left/right arrow keys
and the insert/delete keys to edit.  The alias feature is just that:
you can define aliases consisting of one or more commands.

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