The interesting part is that I found this paper (actually a list of references: http://kruhft.dyndns.org/item?id=151 http://kruhft.dyndns.org/item?id=151) throu

The interesting part is that I found this paper (actually a list of references: http://kruhft.dyndns.org/item?id=151 http://kruhft.dyndns.org/item?id=151) through reading the the editor-people newsgroup/mailing list circa 1981 (through nntp://nntp.olduse.net). Its quite a lively discussion about editors, lisp and human computer interfacing in the days of ed with the new up and comers vi and emacs expanding the horizons of state of the art editing software.