real old time geeky, mis readings

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there is currently a thread around titled:
'DS born via emcs, did you opt for elcs next time?'

i read this as born by emacs every single time :)

i read this as born by emacs every single time

Last year I celebrated, if that's the right word, thirty years of daily emacs use. One of the joys of using a Mac is that most of the text boxes, such as the one I'm typing this into, support a subset of emacs keystrokes.

sounds good

Mind you, after RMS spent a week in my house, I had a strange urge to learn vi in great detail...

i like vi, i have gvim on all my computers, i still haven't found anything better (okay maybe sed) for doing large repetative changes to text files.
but i have never actually used emac, maybe it is better :)

For any sort of bulk work, sed is the tool of the Gods. Although if it involves more than one line of context, emacs macros are easier than wrestling with the pattern and hold spaces.

I routinely make small changes to documents or source code with ed, mind you. Now there's old school.

i remember "old people" having these conversations about punched card when i was just starting, now I am those people.

I'm doubly geeky I read EMACS as Edinburgh Multi-Access Computer System which I used in the 70s

and todays old fart geek prize goes to cdtaylornats

EMAS, not EMACS, pedants will note.

EMAS, not EMACS, pedants will note.

who were you refering to Bolograph?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Multiple_Access_System

ahhh

Oh God not only am I old and geeky my memories going