In article <16bc73f1e78.2796.742cd0bcba90c1f7f640db99bf6503c5 at fantasyfarm.com> you write: >unless still hidden in emacs, i doubt TECO still exists these days Oh, humph. https://github.com/blakemcbride/TECOC It builds painlessly on my Mac laptop, and it's in the usual ports collections for linux and BSD.