Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
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Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
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Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
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#3If you use vi, you already know how to use ex.
Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#4People make fun of ed, but the command line is basically ed with the ability to execute.
Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#5People make fun of ed, but the command line is basically ed with the ability to execute.
... which is what makes the command line so clunky and annoying.
Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#6?
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#7Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
TEXT EDITOR.Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#8There's no reason to use ed. It's a historical novelty at this point. Move on.
Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#9There's no reason to use ed. It's a historical novelty at this point. Move on.
LPMUD's online editor comes with a reasonable implementation of ed. It's actually the only way to edit files in the MUD environment (and as a result, how I learned ed).
Re: Ed is the standard text editor (2014)
#10I used to know a BSD kernel developer who wrote all his kernel code with ed