Hey, On 3 June 2012 02:12, Ethan Grammatikidis <eeke...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On a related note, what is the point of multi-file editors? I can see > their use with a primitive OS, but given ed and a shell with loops... > well I'd like to see what remains easier in a multi-file editor.
Don't sam's X and Y commands demonstrate the usefulness of a multi-file editor? You may be able to approximate them by looping eds, but that way you lose most of the benefits anyway. Like display editing, and undo. cls
