A vi-centric family tree of editors (2000)

Re:A vi-centric family tree of editors (2000) by craigsmansion on Monday November 28, 2016 @07:59AM (#13055096)

> it'd be the only editor you get.

Slanderous and outrageous lies!

Ed, man! !man ed

Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed because it's ED!

“Ed is the standard text editor.”

But more historical and factual: Ed is actually "mandatory on systems conforming to the Single Unix Specification)" as well.

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Re:A vi-centric family tree of editors (2000) by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday November 28, 2016 @09:49AM (#13055699)

Ah, ed. I have fond memories of being stuck in an ed command line inside the Unix mode of Z/OS on a mainframe.

  exit
  ?
  quit
  ?
  q
  ?
  bye
  ?
  help
  ?
  ohmygodgetmeouttaheeeeere
  ?

P.S. I'm not a native English speaker. "Fond" means "a vision of hell" right?

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Re:A vi-centric family tree of editors (2000) by AimHere on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:23AM (#13056382)

Yes. Yes, that's exactly what it means.

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Re:A vi-centric family tree of editors (2000) by macintux on Monday November 28, 2016 @08:23AM (#13055215)

I learned to program C in a crippled version of ed. Ed rocks!

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