Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2005-04-21, Roy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Sure, but what about the case where his program is on paper >>>tape and all he has for an editor is an ice pick? >> >> Can't you emulate that in emacs with M-X inclusive-or-overwrite-mode? > > Heck, emacs probably has a "paper-tape-mode" where it displays > the file like this: > > ooo.oooo > ooo.oooo > ooo.oooo > ooo.oooo > o o.o o > o o.oo > oo. oo > o .oo o > ooo.oooo > o.oo > oo.oo o > o o.o oo > o .ooo
I can't find it in Emacs. On the other hand: guru% /usr/games/ppt emacs rulez! ___________ | oo .o o| | oo o.o o| | oo . o| | oo . oo| | ooo . oo| | ooo . o | | ooo .o o| | oo o.o | | oo .o o| | oooo. o | | o . o| ___________ guru% and guru% /usr/games/bcd vi rulez! ________________________________________________ /VI | | ] | | | |] | |111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111| |222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222| |333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333| |444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444| |]55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555| |666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666| |777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777| |888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888| |9]9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999| |________________________________________________| ________________________________________________ /RULEZ! | | ] | |] ] | | ] ]] | |111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111| |222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222| |33]333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333| |4]4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444| |555]55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555| |666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666| |77777]777777777777777777777777777777777777777777| |88888]888888888888888888888888888888888888888888| |]999]9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999| |________________________________________________| guru% and just for grins: guru% /usr/games/morse ed rulez! dit dah dit dit dit dah dit dit dit dah dit dah dit dit dit dah dah dit dit dit dit dah dah dit guru% So adding paper-tape mode to emacs shouldn't be all that hard. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list