Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 07:22:42 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eee-dee anyone? Message-ID: <6474bff0d0c6582f324d74c753e26bbd@kathe.in> In-Reply-To: <44muld9su4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> <44muld9su4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On 2019-03-30 04:44 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> writes: > >> Are there still people on this list using the "ed" text-editor? >> If yes, is it just for kicks? Or is there any real advantage over >> "vi"? > > Probably pretty few people using it any more. > > Remember that it's actually just a different flavor of vi (same > executable), so getting rid of it would be silly. I wasn't aiming to request it's elimination, but rather wished to learn and master it. Lucas has written an interesting book about it, couldn't get around to it due to lack of motivation. :-) ~Mayuresh
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