From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com (arnold@skeeve.com) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:06:00 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] basic tools / Universal Unix In-Reply-To: <20171101171700.D8E0721937@orac.inputplus.co.uk> References: <20171030141645.6F81C18C0E7@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <20171101140518.98D10212F3@orac.inputplus.co.uk> <201711011642.vA1Gg0bX016908@freefriends.org> <20171101171700.D8E0721937@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Message-ID: <201711011806.vA1I60bL025852@freefriends.org> Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Arnold, > > > > I've idly considered an ed that also maintained a cursor within the > > > line that could be used with vi-like commands. > > > > you want an ed with a cursor, you need only take GNU ed and hook it up > > with GNU readline, and there you go. > > That would allow me to edit the command I'm entering, e.g. `,n'. What > I'm suggesting is the command I'm entering can manipulate the in-line > cursor when I press Enter to submit the command. I don't want > interactive editing of lines in the file; I know where to find that. > :-) I don't think I understand what you're getting at. It's been decades, I think, since I last saw / used open mode, which is what I thought you wanted, so I think I'm confused. Oh well, Arnold