[TUHS] Ratfor s

[arnold at skeeve.com]

arnold at skeeve.com wrote:

> Thanks for the link. I skimmed it and will read it later.
>
> What struck me was the splitting of the editor into front and back ends
> that did not have to be on the same machine. Rob Pike used that design
> for "sam" somewhat later. I wonder if he got the idea from 's' or came
> up with it on his own... (Dough, thoughts?)

Typo (embarassment). Should be "Doug, thoughts?".  Sigh.

> Thanks,
>
> Arnold
>
> Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Arnold,
> >
> > It was mentioned in the STinP edit discussion, so of course, I had to go looking! Here's the referenced article by Fraser:
> >
> > https://archive.org/details/compact-portable-crt
> >
> > Will
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jan 30, 2022, at 10:09 AM, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > Will Senn <will.senn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Has anyone seen Fraser's original ratfor source for the s editor for unix on the PDP-11. It was a screen editor front-end built on top of Software Tools's edit. I've seen a c version, but I'm interested in the 375 line version :).
> > >> 
> > >> Will
> > >> 
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > > 
> > > I've never heard of this. Can you give some background please?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Arnold