Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap

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Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> writes:

> The designing the edit engine is what fascinates me, regardless of UI.  Pity
> there are few discussions any more around this topic.

I agree. I would love to play with a redisplay engine. let alone read
more about them. I usually just read some old pascal books from the
1990s. I would love to reimplement lotus style menus !

> UI is influenced by the history of interface hardware: teletype printers,
> serial cable terminals, block-mode terminals, PC, PDAs + stylus, fondle slabs
> (tablets/smart phones), voice, "mind control"/direct human interface.  These
> are all interesting too, but they rely on the edit engine to do the work.

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z-ed Zayd Mohammed <zaydm@172.24.208.1> - 2026-08-16 21:29 +0000
  Re: z-ed Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 16:20 -0700
    Re: z-ed Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-17 21:46 +0800
      Editor design & Buffer Gap Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-10-11 09:05 -0400
        Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-10-11 13:42 +0000
        Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-11 21:00 +0000
          Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-10-11 20:50 -0400
            Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-10-12 06:11 +0000
              Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-10-12 11:05 +0200
        Re: Editor design & Buffer Gap steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com> - 2026-10-12 17:42 -0400

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