On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:31:57AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Fri November 23 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > When was the last time we had a questio from someone wondering how do do > > > something in ed? > > > > I still use ed commands.. not daily, but. > > I never learned ed, except in vi.
There are unixes (mostly BSD) that don't have a single-user editor other than ed. The logic being that if /usr can't mount, there may also be a problem with termcap/terminfo. Ed is a nice small exec that can be statically linked and remain small. In my emergency toolkit I have ed's man page. I suppose editing a file on NetBSD's toaster with a 2-line display is easier in ed than vim. Now, if only I could get my head around re's. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
