Robert Bonomi <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote: > ... it was the _initials_ of the name '<v>isual <i>interace" > to ed(1).
To ed(1), or to ex(1)? (ed(1) being the older -- and by a considerable margin the lighter, which is why we even now keep it in /bin where it does not depend on /usr being mounted.) I remember "horsing around with ed" back when it was the _only_ editor available on Bell Labs' 6th edition. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"