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Huh. So in open mode, ex basically works as if ed appended "p" to every text-editing command? Combined with "list" and "number" options, that sounds like a much
by Joker_vD 4mo ago
Huh. So in open mode, ex basically works as if ed appended "p" to every text-editing command? Combined with "list" and "number" options, that sounds like a much more pleasant to use version of ed, even on a dumb "glass-tty".
- gpvos 4mo agoIt is more like a one-line visual mode, you can actually use the same commands as there. Depending on terminal capabilities (that's why there are apparently three submodes), you can move the cursor left and right, and insert and delete text. IIRC, I once somehow got it in a very limited "dumb terminal" mode, and it printed \ for every deleted character.