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line editors

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First post2020-11-13 18:10 -0600
Last post2020-11-20 17:47 +0000
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  line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-13 18:10 -0600
    Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-14 09:49 +0000
      Re: line editors Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2020-11-15 00:39 +0000
        Re: line editors Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2020-11-15 01:32 +0000
        Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-15 08:54 +0000
        Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-16 06:35 -0700
          Re: line editors Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-16 14:33 +0000
            Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-16 11:52 -0700
          Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-16 11:45 -0500
          Re: line editors "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-17 18:25 +0000
    Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-14 12:53 +0100
      Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-14 09:52 -0600
        Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-14 20:09 +0100
          Re: line editors JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-11-15 13:59 -0600
            Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-15 20:55 +0000
              Re: line editors JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-11-16 12:49 -0600
                Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-16 11:53 -0700
                  Re: line editors JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-11-16 17:40 -0600
            Re: line editors "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-17 18:35 +0000
              Re: line editors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-17 18:42 +0000
                Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-17 21:04 +0000
                  Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-17 23:28 +0100
                  Re: line editors Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-11-18 15:51 +0200
                    Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-18 14:32 +0000
                      Re: line editors "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-23 11:35 +0000
                Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-17 22:07 +0100
              Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-17 19:43 +0100
              Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-17 20:14 +0000
                Re: line editors maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-11-18 08:44 +0000
                Re: line editors Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-12-21 12:24 -0500
              Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-17 21:04 +0000
                Re: line editors Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2020-12-21 12:28 -0500
                  Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-12-21 16:00 -0700
      Re: line editors Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-14 21:03 +0000
        Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-14 15:15 -0600
          Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-14 21:33 +0000
    Re: line editors songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-11-14 08:02 -0500
    Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-14 14:51 +0000
      Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-14 15:30 +0000
      Re: line editors Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 12:34 -0500
        Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-14 12:28 -0600
        Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-14 18:36 +0000
          Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-14 13:39 -0600
            Re: line editors Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-15 10:07 +0000
              Re: line editors Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2020-11-15 14:30 +0000
              Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-15 15:58 +0000
                Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-15 17:35 +0000
                Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-15 18:32 +0000
                  Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-15 20:46 +0000
        Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-14 21:06 +0000
          Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-14 15:20 -0600
    Re: line editors Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2020-11-14 09:57 -0600
      Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-14 17:48 +0000
    Re:line editors Sarr Blumson  <sarr.blumson@alum.dartmouth.org> - 2020-11-14 22:03 -0500
    Re: line editors Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-11-16 19:06 +0200
      Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-16 11:26 -0600
      Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-16 20:38 +0100
        Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-16 14:38 -0600
          Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-16 14:13 -0700
            Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-16 22:33 +0100
        Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-16 14:13 -0700
          Re: line editors Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-16 21:24 +0000
            Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-16 21:40 +0000
              Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-16 21:45 +0000
          Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-16 22:38 +0100
        Re: line editors Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2020-11-16 23:46 +0200
          Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-16 23:20 +0100
      Re: line editors Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-17 00:18 +0000
        Re: line editors "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2020-11-17 18:29 +0000
          Re: line editors "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-17 19:42 +0100
            Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-17 14:23 -0700
              Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-17 21:42 +0000
              Re: line editors Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-17 17:32 -0500
              Re: line editors drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-11-17 21:29 -0600
                Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-17 23:19 -0500
                  Re: line editors Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2020-11-18 04:01 -0600
                    Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 04:57 -0600
                      Re: line editors Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2020-11-18 09:15 -0600
                        Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 12:51 -0500
                          Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 12:00 -0600
                            Re: line editors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-18 18:14 +0000
                              Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 15:41 -0600
                          Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 12:05 -0600
                            Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 16:27 -0500
                              Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 15:45 -0600
                                Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 17:46 -0500
                                  Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 20:20 -0600
                    Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 08:16 -0500
                    Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-18 07:31 -0700
                      Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-18 12:40 -0500
                        Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-18 22:06 +0000
                          Re: line editors Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2020-11-20 21:33 +0100
                            Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-20 18:09 -0500
                          Re: line editors Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-21 18:27 +0000
                            Re: line editors Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-21 15:06 -0500
                            Re: line editors Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-22 09:09 +0000
                              Re: line editors Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-22 10:02 +0000
                          Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-21 18:52 +0000
                      Re: line editors Gerard Schildberger <gerard46@rrt.net> - 2020-11-18 12:19 -0800
              Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-18 04:54 -0600
              Re: line editors Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2020-11-19 16:34 +0100
        Re: line editors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-17 18:32 +0000
        Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-17 18:40 +0000
          Re: line editors Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-17 19:44 +0000
            Re: line editors Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2020-11-19 16:45 +0100
          Re: line editors Andy Leighton <andyl@azaal.plus.com> - 2020-11-17 14:11 -0600
          Re: line editors Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-11-17 21:20 +0000
        Re: line editors Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2020-11-19 21:41 +0100
          Re: line editors Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-11-20 06:53 +0000
            Re: line editors Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-11-20 07:50 +0000
            Re: line editors Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-20 08:07 +0000
              Re: line editors Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2020-11-30 20:52 +0100
            Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-20 09:07 +0000
              Re: line editors Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-11-23 08:59 +0000
                Re: line editors Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-11-23 10:09 +0000
                  Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-23 08:07 -0600
                    Re: line editors Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-23 08:11 -0600
                  Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-23 15:28 +0000
                    Re: line editors drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-11-23 14:58 -0600
                      Re: line editors Richard Thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2020-11-23 18:21 -0500
                        Re: line editors drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-11-23 20:15 -0600
                          Re: line editors Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-11-24 11:01 -0700
                          Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-24 18:54 +0000
                Re: line editors J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-23 09:02 -0500
                Re: line editors scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-23 15:26 +0000
            Re: line editors Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2020-11-30 20:47 +0100
          Re: line editors maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-11-20 17:47 +0000

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#215237 — line editors

FromDallas <dallas@texas.usa>
Date2020-11-13 18:10 -0600
Subjectline editors
Message-ID<ron7a8$kq7$1@dont-email.me>
I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor

and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them, especially EDLIN and ed

There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a TTY, in the early 1970's but 
I forget what it was called.

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#215244

FromBob Eager <news0073@eager.cx>
Date2020-11-14 09:49 +0000
Message-ID<i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#215237
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:

> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
> 
> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
> especially EDLIN and ed
> 
> There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a
> TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.

I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on one 
system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character qualifier to 
many commands, a built in help system, and generally more user friendly. 
It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in pretty low memory conditions - 
I did a CP/M version.

  https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF




-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

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#215277

FromBill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date2020-11-15 00:39 +0000
Message-ID<0001HW.2560B045011FBA2D7000034A738F@news.individual.net>
In reply to#215244
On 14 Nov 2020, Bob Eager wrote
(in article <i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>):

> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:
>
> > I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
> >
> > and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
> > especially EDLIN and ed
> >
> > There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a
> > TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
>
> I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on one
> system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character qualifier to
> many commands, a built in help system, and generally more user friendly.
> It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in pretty low memory conditions -
> I did a CP/M version.
>
> https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF

No vote for ECCE?
That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.

-- 
Bill Findlay

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#215279

FromBill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date2020-11-15 01:32 +0000
Message-ID<0001HW.2560BCA101229FB97000034A738F@news.individual.net>
In reply to#215277
On 15 Nov 2020, Bill Findlay wrote
(in article<0001HW.2560B045011FBA2D7000034A738F@news.individual.net>):

> No vote for ECCE?
> That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.

2900, of course

-- 
Bill Findlay

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#215283

FromBob Eager <news0073@eager.cx>
Date2020-11-15 08:54 +0000
Message-ID<i1c8msFh280U10@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#215277
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:39:33 +0000, Bill Findlay wrote:

> On 14 Nov 2020, Bob Eager wrote (in article
> <i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>):
> 
>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:
>>
>> > I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>> >
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>> >
>> > and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
>> > especially EDLIN and ed
>> >
>> > There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via
>> > a TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
>>
>> I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on one
>> system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character qualifier to
>> many commands, a built in help system, and generally more user
>> friendly. It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in pretty low memory
>> conditions -
>> I did a CP/M version.
>>
>> https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF
> 
> No vote for ECCE?
> That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.

I forgot about ECCE (I hadn't used it as much).

I do maintain the port on FreeBSD!

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#215302

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2020-11-16 06:35 -0700
Message-ID<978718531.627226043.148027.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#215277
Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 14 Nov 2020, Bob Eager wrote
> (in article <i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>):
> 
>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:
>> 
>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>> 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>> 
>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>> 
>>> There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a
>>> TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
>> 
>> I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on one
>> system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character qualifier to
>> many commands, a built in help system, and generally more user friendly.
>> It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in pretty low memory conditions -
>> I did a CP/M version.
>> 
>> https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF
> 
> No vote for ECCE?
> That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.
> 

TSO EDIT anyone? I also occasionally used whatever CMS had, but by that
time we had 3270s and XEDIT.

-- 
Pete

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#215303

FromThomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Date2020-11-16 14:33 +0000
Message-ID<rou2ka$hlu$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de>
In reply to#215302
Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> schrieb:

> TSO EDIT anyone?

I used that, but only until I discovered the ISPF editor.

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#215308

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2020-11-16 11:52 -0700
Message-ID<1388389156.627245372.892636.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#215303
Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> schrieb:
> 
>> TSO EDIT anyone?
> 
> I used that, but only until I discovered the ISPF editor.
> 

Originally all our 3270s were dedicated to CICS. I used the stupid editor
on  TTY. We finally got ISPF, which is still my favorite editor/IDE.

-- 
Pete

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#215304

FromJ. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2020-11-16 11:45 -0500
Message-ID<p2b5rfthj70nr1cqrqfj5kiefn2qridr8v@4ax.com>
In reply to#215302
 On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 06:35:48 -0700, Peter Flass
<peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 14 Nov 2020, Bob Eager wrote
>> (in article <i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>> 
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>>> 
>>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>> 
>>>> There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a
>>>> TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
>>> 
>>> I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on one
>>> system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character qualifier to
>>> many commands, a built in help system, and generally more user friendly.
>>> It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in pretty low memory conditions -
>>> I did a CP/M version.
>>> 
>>> https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF
>> 
>> No vote for ECCE?
>> That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.
>> 
>
>TSO EDIT anyone? I also occasionally used whatever CMS had, but by that
>time we had 3270s and XEDIT.

I don't recall what the name of the poor thing was but there was one
that I used on the 360 at U of F via 2471.  APL also had its own line
editor built into the system.

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#215324

From"Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1>
Date2020-11-17 18:25 +0000
Message-ID<XnsAC78BB6127223admin127001@144.76.35.198>
In reply to#215302
On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:35:48 GMT, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
wrote: 

> Bill Findlay <findlaybill@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 14 Nov 2020, Bob Eager wrote
>> (in article <i19ni0Fh280U6@mid.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:10:47 -0600, Dallas wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>> 
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>>> 
>>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>> 
>>>> There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used
>>>> via a TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
>>> 
>>> I have to add CHEF, which I used for years (and am still using on
>>> one system). It's ed-like, but with an optional one character
>>> qualifier to many commands, a built in help system, and generally
>>> more user friendly. It also adds stuff that ed lacks. Works in
>>> pretty low memory conditions - I did a CP/M version.
>>> 
>>> https://www.bobeager.uk/miscellaneous.html#CHEF
>> 
>> No vote for ECCE?
>> That was what I used when working on the 200 Pascal compiler.
>> 
> 
> TSO EDIT anyone? I also occasionally used whatever CMS had, but by
> that time we had 3270s and XEDIT.
> 
SPFEDIT was my second fullscreen editor; I used TSO EDIT before that.


-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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#215245

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2020-11-14 12:53 +0100
Message-ID<13t48h-0r2.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#215237
On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors 
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
> 
> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them, 
> especially EDLIN and ed

Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit 
autoexec.bat or config.sys.

> 
> There was a line editor on the CDC 6600 at UT Austin that I used via a 
> TTY, in the early 1970's but I forget what it was called.
> 


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#215253

FromDallas <dallas@texas.usa>
Date2020-11-14 09:52 -0600
Message-ID<rooug7$8hi$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#215245
On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them, especially EDLIN and ed
> 
> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit autoexec.bat or config.sys.
> 
> 

That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made a sort of TTY interface?

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#215263

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2020-11-14 20:09 +0100
Message-ID<skm58h-n7d.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#215253
On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors 
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them, 
>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>
>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit 
>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>
>>
> 
> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made a 
> sort of TTY interface?

Yep.

There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the 
printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it 
was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even 
had a paper manual.

The purpose of it all was to run a driver on the broken computer that 
would allow it to be controlled via serial port from the older computer. 
I had to add the correct entry and options to the config.sys or 
autoexec. Some software from the old PC-Tools. And thus wait till I 
found out if I could repair that monitor or get a new one. No one would 
repair it (no spares for that brand), so I had to buy another.


So indeed a line editor turned out useful, could do something that no 
other editor could :-D

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#215293

FromJimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com>
Date2020-11-15 13:59 -0600
Message-ID<l123rfhi1f2hsj4rhj1dfi82b0bbvbl4m2@4ax.com>
In reply to#215263
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors 
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them, 
>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>
>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit 
>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>
>>>
>> 
>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made a 
>> sort of TTY interface?
>
>Yep.
>
>There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the 
>printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it 
>was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even 
>had a paper manual.

The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.

I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.

-- 
Jim

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#215297

FromBob Eager <news0073@eager.cx>
Date2020-11-15 20:55 +0000
Message-ID<i1diuoFh280U13@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#215293
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:59:14 -0600, JimP wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor and it brought back to my
>>>>> mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>>
>>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit
>>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made
>>> a sort of TTY interface?
>>
>>Yep.
>>
>>There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the
>>printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it
>>was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even
>>had a paper manual.
> 
> The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
> smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.
> 
> I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.

I have a 1984 book on PC-DOS, in several languages (including Japanese).

But then I wrote it.

-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
 http://www.mirrorservice.org

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#215307

FromJimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com>
Date2020-11-16 12:49 -0600
Message-ID<hci5rfdsao7mg9i7jbsakfs9oc0tdhl5gu@4ax.com>
In reply to#215297
On 15 Nov 2020 20:55:52 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:59:14 -0600, JimP wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
>> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>>>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor and it brought back to my
>>>>>> mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>>>
>>>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit
>>>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made
>>>> a sort of TTY interface?
>>>
>>>Yep.
>>>
>>>There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the
>>>printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it
>>>was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even
>>>had a paper manual.
>> 
>> The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
>> smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.
>> 
>> I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.
>
>I have a 1984 book on PC-DOS, in several languages (including Japanese).
>
>But then I wrote it.

Sounds good, but I only know 3 or 4 words in Nihongo. I think I got
that correct, probably not.

-- 
Jim

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#215309

FromPeter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date2020-11-16 11:53 -0700
Message-ID<99236590.627245569.515248.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#215307
JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15 Nov 2020 20:55:52 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:59:14 -0600, JimP wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
>>> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>>>>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor and it brought back to my
>>>>>>> mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit
>>>>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made
>>>>> a sort of TTY interface?
>>>> 
>>>> Yep.
>>>> 
>>>> There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the
>>>> printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it
>>>> was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even
>>>> had a paper manual.
>>> 
>>> The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
>>> smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.
>>> 
>>> I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.
>> 
>> I have a 1984 book on PC-DOS, in several languages (including Japanese).
>> 
>> But then I wrote it.
> 
> Sounds good, but I only know 3 or 4 words in Nihongo. I think I got
> that correct, probably not.
> 

Sayonara

-- 
Pete

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#215321

FromJimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com>
Date2020-11-16 17:40 -0600
Message-ID<kd36rfh50evhe337rnip3il6g5q77goqbe@4ax.com>
In reply to#215309
On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:53:55 -0700, Peter Flass
<peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 15 Nov 2020 20:55:52 GMT, Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:59:14 -0600, JimP wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
>>>> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>>>>>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>>>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
>>> title=List_of_text_editors&oldid=973653121#Line_editors
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor and it brought back to my
>>>>>>>> mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>>>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit
>>>>>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination made
>>>>>> a sort of TTY interface?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yep.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the
>>>>> printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one it
>>>>> was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I even
>>>>> had a paper manual.
>>>> 
>>>> The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
>>>> smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.
>>>> 
>>>> I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.
>>> 
>>> I have a 1984 book on PC-DOS, in several languages (including Japanese).
>>> 
>>> But then I wrote it.
>> 
>> Sounds good, but I only know 3 or 4 words in Nihongo. I think I got
>> that correct, probably not.
>> 
>
>Sayonara

Yupm, good-bye, and good afternoon are about it for me. Konichiwa.
Again, I'm unsure of the romanji for that. Four words. No pun
intended.


-- 
Jim

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#215327

From"Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1>
Date2020-11-17 18:35 +0000
Message-ID<XnsAC78BD25D949admin127001@144.76.35.198>
In reply to#215293
On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 19:59:14 GMT, JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:09:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>On 14/11/2020 16.52, Dallas wrote:
>>> On 11/14/2020 5:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> On 14/11/2020 01.10, Dallas wrote:
>>>>> I tripped across this list of so-called "line editors"
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_text_editors&old
>>>>> id=973653121#Line_editors 
>>>>>
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_editor
>>>>> and it brought back to my mind my many days of using some of them,
>>>>> especially EDLIN and ed
>>>>
>>>> Once when my monitor broke I used edlin with a printer to edit 
>>>> autoexec.bat or config.sys.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 
>>> That was clever of you!    So the keyboard / printer combination
>>> made a sort of TTY interface?
>>
>>Yep.
>>
>>There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the 
>>printer, which I first had to type blind. I don't remember which one
>>it was. I had an older computer where I could look it up, or perhaps I
>>even had a paper manual.

Something about

copy con prn

?

> 
> The Dummies books series printed a MS-DOS commands one. I think it was
> smaller, more like 5 inches by 8 inches, than 8 inches by 11 inches.
> 
> I have one somewhere, but no idea where in my storage shed.
> 



-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug.

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#215328

FromAndy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Date2020-11-17 18:42 +0000
Message-ID<i1ijstF89c4U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#215327
Kerr-Mudd,John wrote:

> Carlos wrote:
> 
>> There was a command in MsDOS that would redirect the console to the
>> printer, 
> 
> Something about 
> copy con prn
> 
> ?

mode lpt1:=con:

maybe?

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