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
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