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emacs11: EMACS11 (for PDP/RSX and VAX/VMS) in TECO-11 by Fred Fish

EMACS-11

An EMACS command compatible editor for PDP/RSX and VAX/VMS systems with TECO version 35 (or later).

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Overview

• Well folks, you asked for it and here it is. Unfortunately, it has been a couple years since I used any of this stuff, so I'm a little rusty about what the various pieces are. The following represents my best guess, going from memory, and looking at some of the pieces.

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Distribution

Network Distribution

• The following are considered to be a minimal usable distribution, suitable for transmission over the net:

  • Note that there are two distinct flavors, one for VAX using VT100, and one for PDP-11 using VT52.

File	Size	Usage
README		(This file.)
emacs.txt	10,659	Quick Reference guide to EMACS-11 commands.
emacs.doc	65,034	EMACS-11 documentation, ready for printing.
emacs.src	61,032	EMACS-11 macro source file. Use vaxbld.tec to compact into an executable macro file emacs.tec. (Use on VAX/VMS with VT100's.)
vaxbld.tec	1,615	Used to compact emacs.src file into executable macro file emacs.tec. (Use on VAX/VMS with VT100.)
emacs11.tec	61,166	Slightly modified version of emacs.src. Use bldemacs.tec to compact into executable macro file teco.tec. (Use on PDP-11's with VT52's.)
bldemacs.tec	1,558	TECO command file to compact the EMACS-11 macro source file emacs11.tec into an executable TECO macro file teco.tec by removing all extraneous characters. (Use on PDP-11's.)

Tape Distribution

• The following files are available in the tape distribution only:

File	Size	Usage
MITemacs.doc	666,989	Machine readable form of EMACS documentation for the TOPS-20 version of EMACS. (Available on tape distribution only.)
ema.odl	1,183	Some kind of command file for one of the DEC operating systems. (I told you I was rusty!!!)
ema.tkb	2,778	Command file for building TECO under RSX-11 and/or VAX/VMS.
emacs.rno	54,116	EMACS-11 manual in RUNOFF form.
emacs.tec	4,941	Compacted form of emacs.src.
emacs11.doc	40,088	Earlier form of emacs.doc.
teco.doc	711,649	Machine readable form of documentation for TECO.
teco.tec	4,915	Compacted form of emacs11.tec.
tioasm.cmd	497	Another mysterious command file.

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Notes

• Some (possibly) helpful hints:

  • I seem to remember that the TECO source was modified slightly to look for teco.tec (or whatever you want to call the compacted macro file) in a special startup directory. Thus, when the TECO executable was copied to ema, and invoked with the name ema, it would automatically start up with the compacted macro file, otherwise, you would get normal TECO. It is possible to load the compacted macro file manually and start it up by hand each time, but I forget the exact procedure.

  • I think there are a couple terminal dependencies wired into the macro package, one for VT52, and one for VT100.

  • There were some problems with VMS trapping certain control characters that I was never able to completely fix.

  • The macro sources are in "Structured TECO" (and I'll bet you thought TECO was an editor instead of a programming language!!).

  • Note that there are a couple embedded ESCAPE characters near the end of the macro source files emacs11.tec and emacs.src.

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Conclusion

• HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK

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Author

Fred Fish
UniSoft Systems, Inc.,
Berkeley, CA
1-415-644-1230 Ext. 242

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