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Why the archived version? See the recent one: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html

• jrockway 17y ago
  That emacs mode is amusing. Someone should tell him about macros :) (I'm not trying to be critical, BTW. I just find it interesting when extraordinary people do ordinary things, like writing an emacs mode to colorize a given line.)
• cduan 17y ago
  There is an interview where he explains what he likes about Emacs: I have special Emacs modes to help me classify all the tens of thousands of papers and notes in my files, and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. Probably one of the few rational vi/emacs arguments I've seen. And it also is a good reason why I like vi, given that I can barely hit two keys on a piano at the same time. (Link to interview: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856 http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856)
  • qohen 17y ago
    ...and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. A bit of trivia: Knuth has actually studied the organ--in fact, he has a pipe organ at his home: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html