For a contrary view, consider the discussion in "Ed, man! !man ed":
------------------------------------------------------------ Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed: golem$ ed ? help ? ? ? quit ? exit ? bye ? hello? ? eat flaming death ? ^C ? ^C ? ^D ? --- Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the full text, see <http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html> Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
