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Date:  2 October 1981 12:49 edt
From:  York.Multics at MIT-Multics (William M. York)
Subject:  integrated video management
To:  editor-people at SU-SCORE
cc:  Margulies at MIT-Multics

Bernie's comments about the non-integration of Emacs with the rest of
the Multics system are well taken.  However, we are attempting to
address these issues with a new integrated video management system for
Multics.  Basically, all functions of terminal control, input and
output, and even screen window management are handled by the video
system.  Other programs such as the command processor and the editor
(Emacs) will or already do use this system to get their work done.

The result so far has been a great increase in functionality and
compatability of input processing in Multics subsystems.  All calls to
the I/O system to read a line invoke the same line editor.  All programs
managing windows on the screen are managing t

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