Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:09:54 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: David Leimbach <dleimbac@earthlink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi/ex lineage Message-ID: <200106121609.f5CG9sb49134@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jun 2001 09:41:10 CDT." <20010609094110.A477@mutt.home.net>
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David delivered, > Here is the family tree: > > ed > ex sed > vi > vim elvis [other vi like editors] is it? weren't ex and vi (ok, and view, but *noone* uses that anymore, do they?) always the same program, just with two interfaces depending upon the name under which it was invoked? I know this was the case by the early 80's, but was there a vi-less ex at some point? hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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