>> I just wonder why Edit is a
built-in... I would prefer piping to (streamed) sam...
>> wouldn't that
be a cleaner solution?
> First, there isn't a streamed
sam, and second, streaming only works
> for one file. Second,
you *can* stream text through commands; I do it
> all the
time. (|fmt, |sort, |tr A-Z a-z, etc. etc.)
So do I. I was just curious why there is a built-in Edit
instead of having "a better sed" ... I thought of Acme
as of an environment (say, glue), not a text teditor.
Would love to have Plan 9 like a "LEGO" (TM), and more: single
piece for every "task".... maybe stupid, but I would love
sed with capabilities of Edit...
PS: I'm going to test the posted wrappers to Sam, and
then, hopefully, forget of Edit, and |sed ;-)
++pac