Summary of 2021-04-15 The Birth of Emacs, with Lars Brinkhoff

00:00:00 - 00:40:00

This video provides an overview of the history of Emacs, from its creation in 1967 to its current incarnation. It also covers some of the features of the current version of Emacs, including real-time text display and the ability to edit files without having to use a paper tape.

• 00:00:00 The first existing version of Emacs was created in 1962 by Dan Murphy at MIT for the research laboratory of electronics PDP-1. It was a crude editor at first, but it became more sophisticated over time. In 1967, Emacs was ported to the PDP-6, which had a better display. The program has been preserved and is still available to be run today.
• 00:05:00 Lars Brinkhoff demonstrates the basics of Emacs, which include the use of q registers and macros.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses the history of Emacs, from its creation in 1971 by Paul Mickelson and Richard Stallman to its current incarnation. It also covers some of the features of the current version of Emacs, including real-time text display and the ability to edit files without having to use a paper tape.
• 00:15:00 In this video, Lars Brinkhoff introduces the birth of Emacs, which happened in 1976. At first, Emacs was just called "question mark" or "Max", but over time it evolved into the present-day Emacs program. Some of the unique features of Emacs include the ability to edit different modes, the lack of a prefix key for typing escape commands, and the use of Tiko as the underlying operating system.
• 00:20:00 Emacs is a powerful text editor that was written in 1977. In 1980, a clone was written for the Atari 2600 console. In 1984, a version was ported to the Commodore 64. In 1986, a version was written in Mac Lisp. In 1989, Ted Anderson wrote sign, the first Emacs extension. In 1992, Bernard Greenberg wrote emx, a version for the Multix platform. In 1994, many other versions were written. In 2001, the latest version of tikui Max was released.
• 00:25:00 This video explains the history of Emacs, from its inception in 1967 to the present. The video also covers the development of newer versions of Emacs, and how to use them together with older versions.
• 00:30:00 The video discusses how Emacs has remained largely the same over the years, despite the many changes in technology. It also points to the importance of a vibrant community in keeping an editor like Emacs thriving.
• 00:35:00 Lars Brinkhoff discusses the birth of Emacs, explaining that it has become easier for people to write packages and that the system Crafters videos have helped him make the switch to using Emacs. He also notes that Tico Emax was especially important to him because it was the first time he encountered a program that was specifically designed for ADP 10 programmers. He goes on to say that he is still using PDP 10 programming and that he thinks it is worth it to be a part of the Emacs community.
• 00:40:00 Lars Brinkhoff discusses the history of Emacs, and how it has evolved over the years. He also provides a link to a modern version of Tico written in C.