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Re: Eleven years of using vim

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Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net>:

> Before that my Unix was a v6 and v7 where I used ed and something
> called em - editor for mortals which was a bit ed-like, but had a
> command (% iirc) that would display 10 lines above and 10 below the
> one you were editing - early form of editing on glass tty's...

My father told me how he edited programs a bit earlier. The program was
a physical deck of cards. If he needed to modify some lines, he would
carefully print (with a pen) the modified lines on a special sheet.
Then, he would send the sheet to the keypunch typist, who would produce
the modified cards and hand them over to the operator. The operator
would take the designated cards out of the deck and put in the new
cards.

The operator would then schedule a compilation, and my father could
expect a compilation listing in about 45 minutes. Just enough time for a
coffee break.


Marko

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  Re: Eleven years of using vim Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-11-03 13:37 +0100
    Re: Eleven years of using vim Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-03 14:47 +0200
  Re: Eleven years of using vim Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-11-03 12:46 +0000
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      Re: Eleven years of using vim Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-05 20:34 -0500
        Re: Eleven years of using vim gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2014-11-06 02:51 +0100
          Re: Eleven years of using vim Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-06 04:24 -0500
            Re: Eleven years of using vim gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2014-11-09 17:19 +0100
              Re: Eleven years of using vim DMcCunney <dennis.mccunney@gmail.com> - 2014-11-09 13:47 -0500
                Re: Eleven years of using vim gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2014-11-10 14:26 +0100
        Re: Eleven years of using vim Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-11-05 23:58 -0500
          Re: Eleven years of using vim Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-11-06 07:27 +0000
            Re: Eleven years of using vim Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-06 09:43 +0200
              Re: Eleven years of using vim Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2014-11-06 08:50 +0000
        Re: Eleven years of using vim Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-11-06 06:40 +0000
    Re: Eleven years of using vim Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2014-11-05 20:32 -0500
  Re: Eleven years of using vim Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2014-11-05 10:31 +0200
    Re: Eleven years of using vim Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-11-05 11:07 +0200
    Re: Eleven years of using vim Forsythe <none@example.com> - 2014-11-08 20:42 +0000

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