Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:31:57AM +0100, s. keeling wrote:
> Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>:
> > 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.
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