[TUHS] early Unix terminals

[John Cowan via TUHS]

I switched from Teco to ex when I started using Eunice and I remain with it
to this day. I occasionally switch to vi mode to bounce on the % key when
writing Lisp. Otherwise I describe myself as an "ex" troglodyte.

On Thu, May 21, 2026, 7:00 AM Ron Natalie via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> The same argument was made about having to punch cards and submit them
> by batch, but I think people got over it.
>
> Oddly, I stuck with “ed” for a long time (until the first emacs variants
> hit BRL).    I never really learned vi.   If there was no emacs on a
> machine, I used ed.   If there was only vi, then I ran it in “ex” mode.
> You did get good at regular expressions.   My employees were always
> amazed at how fast I could edit documents with only ed.
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From "George Michaelson via TUHS" <tuhs at tuhs.org>
> To "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" <TUHS at tuhs.org>
> Date 5/21/2026 6:24:41 AM
> Subject [TUHS] Re: early Unix terminals
>
> >Editing on paper output devices had it's upsides in terms of how you had
> to
> >think about what you were doing.
> >
> >I liked using the decwriter with a line mode editor.
>