[Info-vax] Editors, was: Re: VT keyboard replacement

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/9/21 1:38 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/9/2021 10:57 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 11/9/21 10:21 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 11/9/2021 9:57 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>> In article <smbq3b$o9$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley 
>>>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>>> On 2021-11-08, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) 
>>>>> <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <b6c4a416-0ccf-4518-b5fa-039d8d23f88cn at googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>> =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?= <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> writes:
>>>>>>> On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6:27:48 PM UTC+13, Phillip Helbig 
>>>>>>> (undress to reply) wrote:
>>>>>>>> It is the most efficient, not the most powerful. :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As in helping you to be the most productive?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly.
>>>>>
>>>>> How exactly ?
>>>>>
>>>>> By today's standards, EDT's limited functionality makes it the
>>>>> assembly language version of editors when compared to other editors
>>>>> which are fully featured editors.
>>>>
>>>> Where is the list of *today's standards* for editors?
>>>
>>> "today's standard" does not imply a formal (ANSI/ISO) standard just
>>> some relative vague general expectations.
>>
>> It's called "de facto" and it has been around a lot longer than
>> "today".
> 
> Is your "de facto" the same as my "de facto"?  I bet not.
> 

Probably not, but we don't get to set it anyway, the industryh
does.  :-)

Personally, my favorite editor depends entirely on what system
I am working on.  On RSTS it's EDT.  On Unix it's vi.  And, on
any system that supports it, MicroEMACS. VMS I would have to say
LSE.

bill