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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 11/9/2021 2:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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 
>>>>>> 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.

It is worth nothing that it is increasingly common that code
get actual written on a different platform than destination
platform.

Arne