From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cowan@ccil.org (John Cowan) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:10:49 -0400 Subject: [Unix-jun72] ed In-Reply-To: <11064.1210042875@mini> References: <20080505180213.GD91978@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080505192248.GA92582@freebie.xs4all.nl> <6252F115-3820-4942-93B4-12B5BD5149C9@uwlax.edu> <481F635A.40103@bitsavers.org> <8dd2d95c0805051309j7532a6abrbacbfac0cf596f92@mail.gmail.com> <20080505234948.GA17149@minnie.tuhs.org> <20080506021617.GN28125@mercury.ccil.org> <20080506023102.GA21567@minnie.tuhs.org> <11064.1210042875@mini> Message-ID: <20080506031049.GP28125@mercury.ccil.org> Brad Parker scripsit: > I think at some point I spent some time with ex also, which was > sort of post ed, pre vi. Maybe on sun-1's? I can't remember, but > the commands seem to translate. Ex and vi have always been twins; the ancestral form was em ("editor for mortals"), which had the 1-line window (ex's o(pen) command) but not the full screen. Supposedly among em users, the name "ed" was retconned to mean "editor for divinities". > I can do vi but it's always a strain. ed is less complex. I'd like to switch to sam one day, but so far I haven't. -- John Cowan cowan at ccil.org ccil.org/~cowan Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos --Lithuanian proverb Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem --Latin version thereof Deity donated dentition; deity'll donate doughnuts --English version by Muke Tever God gave gums; God'll give granary --Version by Mat McVeagh