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The development environment on the Lisp Machines is an example of something that we've "lost", but the examples in this article either still exist, weren't that
by hvs 15y ago
The development environment on the Lisp Machines is an example of something that we've "lost", but the examples in this article either still exist, weren't that useful, or have been replaced with something better.
And Emacs or Vim can do anything and more than the editors mentioned in this article.
- ynniv 15y agoI recently discovered "c-x n n" to "narrow" (undo with "c-x n w" "widen") a buffer in emacs. This hides everything but the current region from view and modification. A tricky command to remember, but as with most obscure commands, if you value it you quickly remember it.
- eru 15y agoYou can re-bind it to something easier to remember for you.
- eru 15y agoYes. And even the Lisp machines from a hardware point of view are no longer necessary, since we figured out how to run functional languages on standard hardware efficiently. From a software point of view, they are still interesting. From a usability point of view, I miss the instant-boot of the Commodore 64.