Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 06:54:16 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: text editor Message-ID: <20100602125416.GA9981@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20100602113344.GA3995@current.Sisis.de> References: <201005311636.o4VGarkt001701@mail.r-bonomi.com> <87zkzgx8rd.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20100531203115.GA2167@guilt.hydra> <4C04AD94.7040706@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100601130946.GB5717@guilt.hydra> <20100601161022.GB36228@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100602061001.GB7993@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTinwdnsotaCIGzNSvqaXmaQ_hiI2qQyc_wW4-EHz@mail.gmail.com> <20100602112644.GA90934@ei.bzerk.org> <20100602113344.GA3995@current.Sisis.de>
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--oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 01:33:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: >=20 > The ed(1) is *extremely* useful when it comes to editing text files on > the fly in shell scripts (i.e. without user interaction). This is why I don't consider ed the kind of abomination that edlin was; it exists within a stronger command toolset so that it can actually be put to good use. Plus, y'know, there are also other editors available in Unix systems these days, so I have something other than just ed available for interactive editing. When edlin was all I had available, and it was stuck in the DOS world where there was nothing like a Unix shell to make reasonable use of it, it was nothing but frustration. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkwGVHgACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKW2KACfTNhY8y5MOlbjBecMYOiR07Lm uq8AoJoR7At5SuF6k84SBdbIn4tTdPAa =KQaP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI--
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