My Pooh brain, especially today, goes into cognitive overload trying to keep track of an invisible point in a character based text editor.
Line editors are much less of a problem. In these I typically did not insert text in the middle of a line, I simply changed/substituted text in the middle of the line. This helps maintain context in contrast to moving a point around.
Fortunately, my TECO exposure was mostly tempered through VTedit, a screen oriented macro set for TECO on the PDP. Couldn’t escape it completely, but it helped reduce the load in my challenged, tiny brain.
By the time I moved to VMS, they had switched to EDT. Much more accessible.
Line editors are much less of a problem. In these I typically did not insert text in the middle of a line, I simply changed/substituted text in the middle of the line. This helps maintain context in contrast to moving a point around.
Fortunately, my TECO exposure was mostly tempered through VTedit, a screen oriented macro set for TECO on the PDP. Couldn’t escape it completely, but it helped reduce the load in my challenged, tiny brain.
By the time I moved to VMS, they had switched to EDT. Much more accessible.