On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 3:07 AM Paul Jackson <p...@usa.net> wrote: The less ed(1) changes, the happier I am. >
I sympathize entirely with that point of view. However, if all non-Posix features are gated behind command-line options, particularly GNU-style options like --pcre, then I think everyone's interests are served: - If you want PCRE matching, use alias ed='ed --pcre'; - If you don't, don't use an alias; - To bypass the alias temporarily for performance or whatever reasons, type \ed to the shell. It's unlikely you'd type such an extension by mistake, unlike (say) ed -P. I already use alias ed=ed -p '* ' because I like prompts, but if I'm running an ed script, I use \ed <foo.ed.
