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You are using vi? And complaining? And you are using more? Be a proper lad/lass, and use ed!
by jxy 9y ago
You are using vi? And complaining? And you are using more?
Be a proper lad/lass, and use ed!
- tonyarkles 9y agoFunny enough, a couple of weeks ago I tried Unix V7 and the disk image I had didn't have vi... So ed it was! Learned just enough ed to write and compile Hello World using the system C compiler. Super fun!
- beefhash 9y agoIn case anyone wants to undertake the journey of learning ed(1): https://www.nyx.net/~ewilli/edtut.pdf https://www.nyx.net/~ewilli/edtut.pdf is a fairly good resource to get started.
- pjmlp 9y agoI had to use the MS-DOS variant of it, edlin, for a typing exam on MS-DOS 3.3. After that I was glad not to ever touch it again.