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

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 15:09:50 EST 2021


On 11/9/21 3:00 PM, hb wrote:
> On 11/9/21 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Which version of MicroEMACS? 

Different versions on different machines. Been a long time and I really
don't remember version numbers anyway.

>                              It is available for VMS. It was the first
> editor running on VMS/Alpha and x86.
> 

I'm sure it was but VMS had suitable editors at the time I was using it.
I do find it hard to believe it was the first editor on VMS/Alpha.  No
EDT?

And, anyway, real emacs has been available on VMS pretty much from the
beginning.

bill




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