> > *I was trying to get the 1976 edition of CSTR #54 to typeset the other > evening*
Where did you manage to get hold of that? I was under the impression that the source code of CSTR #54 was long lost to the sands of time... :| BTW, stupid question: how did people in the 70s read lengthy files without a pager...? When I ran Unix 7 on SIMH, it lacked both less(1) *and* more(1). On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 22:53, G. Branden Robinson < [email protected]> wrote: > At 2019-07-01T18:44:47+0200, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > > Now, conversely, the backspacing semantic model supports arbitrary > > > character composition, which glass TTYs and their emulators never > > > do. (Almost never? I'd love to hear of any exceptions.) > > > > Tektronix (storage scope) terminals allowed arbitrary overprinting. > > The Tek emulation in xterm still supports this. > > Aha, thanks! I've only ever played with the Tek 4014 mode enough to the > U.S. map and other demos to print. > > I was trying to get the 1976 edition of CSTR #54 to typeset the other > evening, and having partial success, and noticed that there used to be > an output driver for Tektronix displays. "tcat" was the name of the > tool. > > That's good--I feel better about my example now, even if I feel worse > about groff's lack of an output driver for the Tektronix. > > > (Overprinting also used to be central to generating the full APL > > symbol set.) > > Hmm, yes. I think the success of APL has something strong to say about > the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, if only I could work out what. > > Regards, > Branden >
