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From: brantley@coraid.com (Brantley Coile)
Subject: [Unix-jun72] I recovered 100% of the s1 src code fragments
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:16:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <447c9105644afdb8ad09e3b3761f3267@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080512042452.910DA5A5AB@remarque.org>

> Brantley Coile ...brantley at coraid.com... wrote:
>> With the 'b' command, you'll never miss vi.  Much.
> 
> I do know ed, ex, and vi, but I don't remember 'b'/browse, and
> brief googling doesn't turn it up. What's this?

Beginning with the Eighth Edition, ed(1) had the following command.
This is from the Plan 9 ed man page.

          (.,.)b[+-][pagesize][pln]
               Browse.  Print a `page', normally 20 lines.  The
               optional `+' (default) or `-' specifies whether the
               next or previous page is to be printed.  The optional
               pagesize is the number of lines in a page.  The
               optional `p', `n', or `l' causes printing in the speci-
               fied format, initially `p'.  Pagesize and format are
               remembered between `b' commands.  Dot is left at the
               last line displayed.

In 1983 I added it to my Seventh Edition source to ed and kicked the
vi habit.  I used it unil Sam(1) and now use Acme(1) almost exclusively.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-12 15:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-10  2:34 Doug Merritt
2008-05-11  9:38 ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-11 12:28 ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-12  1:47   ` Brantley Coile
2008-05-12  4:24   ` Doug Merritt
2008-05-12 15:16     ` Brantley Coile [this message]
2008-05-11 12:44 ` [Unix-jun72] when did jsr r5 stop? Warren Toomey
2008-05-11 13:53 ` [Unix-jun72] I recovered 100% of the s1 src code fragments Brad Parker
2008-05-12  4:05   ` Doug Merritt
2008-05-14 21:48 ` Tim Newsham
2008-05-15  0:35   ` Doug Merritt
2008-05-15  0:39     ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-15  0:48       ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-15  1:00         ` Doug Merritt
2008-05-15  1:10           ` Warren Toomey
2008-05-15  1:11           ` Tim Newsham

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