From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27580 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2022 21:26:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Jun 2022 21:26:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D65C40C91; Fri, 1 Jul 2022 07:25:37 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f171.google.com (mail-pl1-f171.google.com [209.85.214.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02FF24088D for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2022 07:25:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f171.google.com with SMTP id c4so502793plc.8 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:25:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=57jvFP4hJAK87W1WomHl13d+T3oBaoZY0VyWOE1NcdM=; b=XYDnLpzwzecDhkpPESBjhMM4M9k8c0C1WAI9RZRYOJDoPREC80apw1w3b05wwmMIXc IIp/eEb++9R9rI7AelOnJ+1BVMyu6iKO8RFp7eUuzzVRFRjfmTYPSeC2W2e8B7BZIioR 4byyTNg8LoONZdB+Py/mlXrEzGr4KGV440vYDYKsBy+gwXbElNc0fiPVriopwIXbDz24 y9W+QbZoNI/oUDPqI6IHt027Onv4C+iwH/GGfCmDrrp11DeC7ZgYWvFoXRvx++1T6ZXP JbyW6NhXeLCnqEJflJVREc8cYBvt+4lBH8wLK/TsOVFOySBY5bt/n0a2gj3xxVsxQJw9 DDGw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=57jvFP4hJAK87W1WomHl13d+T3oBaoZY0VyWOE1NcdM=; b=2/I1Fwdzr+cKm7E9rvUKwVb/qXNSYKc6Eyv72GsA+FkXSNchPq64pwx3ysi9Lh23kN I4uNvIlIGXFOLeF1L4+GnQI+p2Hk8CSJ0JOf19dspsScicmm/Q2hoqXgFwyrfkmBeXNo UzxZvn9Nkb46iYXv8Eel34LNdT0XUo1Z3RayptWhJgBzcuz+gnJmRmCuKf7wJemR41GX mTfkFiwBStKKgPYKLAkk5+Y6cjLBbfHezXBF5QCzQDNtwMQ2pXsKS0tFg59BivLK6iLi +0Xo4YrGElkPybKXZXHAa7D9LaPWGLJRSbV81YMOliVuoZqgwgccQoCEVG6WFMTD/N+D xIjw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora9zUAs0fHTzZHDEORmUwW98h6dOvGtabul442JJCERMjem/ZLHL v8LXVPAcC5NX6E1Iyz7qA+Ry5UuUbJRsKleGz8s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1sX0xVK6Tyyt9QLy2srefg30Vtbkm4ATKlaBNTzrDH3Qj2HtZfJAtDQsjbR5RCtJa6kq38RD+Uw/T1N78kDBus= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3c4:b0:1ec:aa3f:8dc3 with SMTP id go4-20020a17090b03c400b001ecaa3f8dc3mr12368372pjb.130.1656624271420; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:24:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <180245D1-0DCD-4C2C-A26A-EF68578FD548@canb.auug.org.au> <20220630212153.GD11191@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20220630212153.GD11191@mcvoy.com> From: Marc Donner Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:24:20 -0400 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000039718605e2b0e5d4" Message-ID-Hash: GCJNG45J2SNJKV45VUTPO6AC53M3FL3W X-Message-ID-Hash: GCJNG45J2SNJKV45VUTPO6AC53M3FL3W X-MailFrom: marc.donner@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000039718605e2b0e5d4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" And, of course, even worse editing with cat! ===== nygeek.net mindthegapdialogs.com/home On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 5:22 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > When your tty settings are messed up, ed(1) has saved my butt a number > of times. Also really pleasant to use on slow modems where just the > screen refresh takes a long time. > > ed foo.c > /^busted_function > .,.+20p > > is dramatically faster than vi(1) at 300 baud. > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:49:19PM +0100, Chris Pinnock via TUHS wrote: > > Editing /etc/inittab with ed(1). > > > > > On 30 Jun 2022, at 21:43, Robert Stanford via TUHS > wrote: > > > > > > editing /etc/inittab > > > > > -- > --- > Larry McVoy Retired to fishing > http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat > --00000000000039718605e2b0e5d4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
And, of course, even worse editing with cat!

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 5:22 PM Larry McVoy = <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
When your tty settings are = messed up, ed(1) has saved my butt a number
of times.=C2=A0 Also really pleasant to use on slow modems where just the screen refresh takes a long time.

ed foo.c
/^busted_function
.,.+20p

is dramatically faster than vi(1) at 300 baud.

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:49:19PM +0100, Chris Pinnock via TUHS wrote:
> Editing /etc/inittab with ed(1).
>
> > On 30 Jun 2022, at 21:43, Robert Stanford via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
> >
> > editing /etc/inittab
> >

--
---
Larry McVoy=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Retired to fishing=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat
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