From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Mar 30 01:52:47 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3375D155CB96; Sat, 30 Mar 2019 01:52:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mayuresh@kathe.in) Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (relay6-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E32CC8E404; Sat, 30 Mar 2019 01:52:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mayuresh@kathe.in) Received: from webmail.gandi.net (webmail19.sd4.0x35.net [10.200.201.19]) (Authenticated sender: mayuresh@kathe.in) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 90829C0002; Sat, 30 Mar 2019 01:52:42 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 07:22:42 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe To: Lowell Gilbert Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eee-dee anyone? Reply-To: mayuresh@kathe.in Mail-Reply-To: mayuresh@kathe.in In-Reply-To: <44muld9su4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> <44muld9su4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: <6474bff0d0c6582f324d74c753e26bbd@kathe.in> X-Sender: mayuresh@kathe.in User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E32CC8E404 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mayuresh@kathe.in designates 217.70.183.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mayuresh@kathe.in X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.88 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[mayuresh@kathe.in]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.70.176.0/21]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[spool.mail.gandi.net,fb.mail.gandi.net,spool.mail.gandi.net,fb.mail.gandi.net,spool.mail.gandi.net,fb.mail.gandi.net]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.85)[-0.853,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.183.70.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29169, ipnet:217.70.176.0/20, country:FR]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-1.62)[ip: (-5.33), ipnet: 217.70.176.0/20(-1.52), asn: 29169(-1.23), country: FR(-0.01)]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kathe.in]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[198.183.70.217.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.17]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 01:52:47 -0000 On 2019-03-30 04:44 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Mayuresh Kathe 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