On 2015-11-05, Random832 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <[email protected]> writes:
>> On 2015-11-05, Random832 <[email protected]> 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...
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