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Honestly ed is mostly fine, especially on those old computers. It's basically just the line-based predecessor of vi
by fasquoika 9y ago
Honestly ed is mostly fine, especially on those old computers. It's basically just the line-based predecessor of vi
- ajross 9y agoThe line-based predecessor of vi is more properly ex (Bill Joy wrote a VIsual mode of his EXtended editor), which was designed to work in the same regime as ed, but wasn't really compatible. Ex is just vi's command mode. Ed is... different.