> ed is also nice if you otherwise want to remain in the cognitive context of the stuff that's already on your terminal. Sometimes that blink that occurs when b

> ed is also nice if you otherwise want to remain in the cognitive context of the stuff that's already on your terminal. Sometimes that blink that occurs when blanking and replacing your primary visual field can be useful, sometimes not. Indeed, the value of the terminal scroll-back buffer. One of the reasons I prefer CLI over TUI/GUI sometimes is that the terminal acts like a chat window with my computer. With programs like ed, you can review the conversation you've had with it.