Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:38:23 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com Cc: sterling@camdensoftware.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help Message-ID: <4dc8eb6f.BO3UkHiz%2Blg1yQIH%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <201105092127.p49LRHwK002399@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201105092127.p49LRHwK002399@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: > ... it was the _initials_ of the name '<v>isual <i>interace" > to ed(1). To ed(1), or to ex(1)? (ed(1) being the older -- and by a considerable margin the lighter, which is why we even now keep it in /bin where it does not depend on /usr being mounted.) I remember "horsing around with ed" back when it was the _only_ editor available on Bell Labs' 6th edition.
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