From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 04:03:15 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3C316A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:03:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5D143D5C for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:03:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (cpe-024-165-114-048.cinci.rr.com [24.165.114.48])j1P43BYF024973 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:03:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from www.bluecirclesoft.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.bluecirclesoft.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1P439ve079489 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:03:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by www.bluecirclesoft.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j1P439D8079488 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:03:09 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com) X-Authentication-Warning: www.bluecirclesoft.com: mrami set sender to marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com using -f From: Marc Ramirez Organization: Blue Circle Software Corp. To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:03:04 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <200502250357.j1P3vG8U000929@mist.nodomain> In-Reply-To: <200502250357.j1P3vG8U000929@mist.nodomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2726348.bi26SQJSb6"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502242303.08462.marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: teco added to ports - Fwd: FreshPorts daily new ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 04:03:15 -0000 --nextPart2726348.bi26SQJSb6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline TECO is worthless. I'm holding out for EDT. Marc. On Thursday 24 February 2005 10:57 pm, Dan Strick wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 19:18 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > Wow ... teco is finally in FreeBSD ports. Now I have the option of > > easily installing an editor that causes ulcers and premature aging even > > faster than ed does! > > Are we talking about that ancient DEC text editor that kept a current > character position instead of a current line number, used lots of > altmode characters in its command language and provided for huge > incomprehensible command macros that could implement reasonably general > programs with conditionals and loops? Good old ed is far easier to use > than TECO. I always had great difficulty keeping track of the current > character position when using TECO interactively. > > I once blew most of my monthly cpu allocation doing a simple file-wide > string substitution with TECO. I should have just reloaded the source > file from punched cards. > > I recall a WYSIWYG text editor on RSTS that might have been implemented > as a TECO macro. I think it was called something like "VT52". > > TECO on FreeBSD? This is too bizarre. > > Dan Strick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =2D-=20 Marc Ramirez Blue Circle Software Corporation 513-688-1070 (main) 513-382-1270 (direct) http://www.bluecirclesoft.com http://www.mrami.com (personal) --nextPart2726348.bi26SQJSb6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCHqN8g1EgpGw750IRAvK+AKChNGWc2hCcNJ12diyzofIzIWHiyQCfVi3z R48fPofO+Ilyk7WAbFmisDc= =CJED -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2726348.bi26SQJSb6--