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Authored by: sproggit on Wednesday, May 09 2012 @ 05:15 PM EDT |
I think we may never know the answer to your question - but it's certainly
within the realm of possibility. One way to try and determine an answer would be
to find out if this use of the Escape key by Microsoft was a "first"
for any one of their products, and, if possible, what the timeline looked like
between the development of the EMACS functionality and that from MS.
Microsoft have borrowed from CP/M, from Concurrent DOS, from OS/2, from
Digital's VMS - the list goes on and on... They haven't stopped : for example,
free, open source browsers pioneered the idea of "browser tabs":
eventually, Microsoft got there too. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 10 2012 @ 04:12 AM EDT |
<p>My feeling is that DOS Word's UI was more directly inspired by Lotus
1-2-3's
"/" key menu system.
<p>Of course, most software developers would be familiar with Emacs ...
for
example I read somewhere it was Melinda Gates' favorite editor.
<p>However, nearly all DOS UI elements were done previously in the
mainframe/mini world (although later faux-GUI elements like dropdown menus
were added). Not sure if it's really fair to nick MS on this point.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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