On 2015-11-05, Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote: > Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes: >> On 2015-11-05, Random832 <random...@fastmail.com> wrote: >>> Of course, both of those things are also true of ed. >> >> Well, maybe not for you. I knew people who (yonks ago) used 'ed' for >> regular file editing. And I remember using the VMS line-editor for >> regular file editing for a couple years before before a full-screen >> editor was available. > > Er, I think my quoting was unclear.
I think it was more a case of my reading being unclear. It's pretty clear upon re-reading what you wrote that you didn't mean that nobody used 'ed' for regular file editing. Though I used a line-editor for a while on VMS, I was never very good at it, and abanded it for a full-screen editor at he first opportunity. But, if you ever get a chance to watching somebody who _is_ good at 'ed', it's something you'll remember... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I want a VEGETARIAN at BURRITO to go ... with gmail.com EXTRA MSG!! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list