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Emacs originally was a set of macros to standardize key bindings across multiple editors that existed at the time.
by noufalibrahim 3y ago
Emacs originally was a set of macros to standardize key bindings across multiple editors that existed at the time.
- tetris11 3y agolibreadline
- db48x 3y agoNot exactly. It was a set of macros, yes, but the goal was an improved editor, not a standardized interface. Later there were multiple ports which shared many things in common, such as key bindings, on–line help, etc.
- Ferret7446 3y agoNo, it was a standardized interface. Guy Steele talked about going around the office collecting keybindings from multiple people and distilling them down into a standard set.
- db48x 3y agoBut not from users of multiple editors. They were all users of TECO who had written their own macros to add similar features.
- Ferret7446 3y agoI'm not sure where you're going with this. A bunch of people wrote macros for TECO. Moon and Steele collected them and standardized them. The set of standardized macros is Emacs. Thus, Emacs originally was a set of macros to standardize key bindings across multiple editors that existed at the time, exactly as GP said.