Larry Masinter
Larry Masinter
The current interface for invoking Unix programs is ad-hoc and not very functional. Some of the issues and work-arounds have been implemented in GITFNS. PICK and HELPSYS both have problems...
See https://interlisp.org (project web site), https://online.interlisp.org (online implementation, run from browser, no install) and https://github.com/Interlisp (open sourced original implementation, including SEdit and Dedit and TTY editor, in medley repo). There's...
If I open a plain text file I see three initial black boxes.  The plain text file starts with --- but TEdit 4th round shows (hex) EF BB BF...
Two problems: copy multiple lines from outside medley and paste into exec window... and also after ; comment in exec window. > However, I noticed an unexpected and potentially confusing...
This is a first cut at trying to explain what's going on in all of these scripts. Not sure how useful this is. At this level of detail, documentation belongs...
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lispcore/30CA2998-68DB-4FA9-9320-BE2A2F3F2F31%40anzus.com has some interesting dates and also bibliography entries. Some of the discussion might be woven into the timeline.
> ... the READTABLEP test and maybe the TERMTABLEP test in EQUALALL are bogus, left over from Ascii days. I think it should work properly if those specific tests are...
if you move and/or rename a file (to add -'s or a prefix) with matching delete and add files, ...
What things are necessary to keep project going? * GitHub maintenance -- checking issues, making sure PR's get reviewed, etc. * Zotero maintenance -- keep entries up to date *...
the question that this seems most useful for is "is this a managed file". Maybe a different one for "is this a text-only LISP file?" Or add some options?