TECO

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TECO is an early, powerful but notoriously cryptic text editor and programming language that originated on DEC systems and later served as the foundation for TECO Emacs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command-line program
programming language
screen editor
text editor
acronymFor Text Editor and Corrector
developer Digital Equipment Corporation
documentationStyle cryptic and terse manuals
editingModel command sequence editing
fileType plain text
fullName Text Editor and Corrector
historicalSignificance foundation for the first Emacs implementations
one of the earliest programmable text editors
inception early 1960s
influenced Emacs family of editors
surface form: Emacs

TECO Emacs
influencedBy early DEC text editors
license proprietary software
notableCharacteristic combination of text editor and programming language
cryptic command syntax
line-oriented editing model
non-WYSIWYG editing
powerful macro capabilities
notableUser MIT AI Lab software environment
surface form: MIT AI Lab programmers

Richard Stallman
operatingSystem OS/8
PDP-1 software environment
RSTS/E
RT-11
TOPS-10
TOPS-20
VMS
origin DECsystem-10
surface form: DEC systems
platform PDP-1
PDP-10
PDP-11
PDP-6
VAX
primaryUse text editing
text processing automation
programmingParadigm imperative programming
macro language
shortName TECO self-link
status largely obsolete
supports conditional execution
loops
macros
string processing
usedAsImplementationLanguageFor early Emacs versions
userInterface command-line interface

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TECO Emacs basedOn TECO
TECO Emacs influencedBy TECO
TECO shortName TECO self-link