Comment on Ask HN: How to learn about text editor architectures and implementations?Comments−teddyh4yYou want this:The Craft of Text Editing—or—Emacs for the Modern World–by–Craig A. Finsethhttps://www.finseth.com/craft/−buescher4yAnd the earlier EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Display Editor by rms https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-paper.htmlwhich is more of a 10,000 foot view.−s3archOP4yThis is awesome.−compressedgas4yI like Finseth's 1980 thesis better than the 1991 bookTheory and practice of text editors, or, A cookbook for an Emacshttps://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/15905
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You want this:
The Craft of Text Editing
—or—
Emacs for the Modern World
–by–
Craig A. Finseth
https://www.finseth.com/craft/
And the earlier EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Display Editor by rms https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-paper.html
which is more of a 10,000 foot view.
This is awesome.
I like Finseth's 1980 thesis better than the 1991 book
Theory and practice of text editors, or, A cookbook for an Emacs
https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/15905