Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 10:04:14 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: text editor Message-ID: <20100602170414.GA49742@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <201006021645.o52GjEvM022143@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201006021645.o52GjEvM022143@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Jun 02 2010 11:45, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 09:10:22AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > I remember writing our own text editor, and it had to fit in 64K. > > > > > > I remember when . . . > > > > > > I got nuthin'. I think my first text editor was edlin, and it *sucked*. > > > > > > . . . not counting this nifty editor I called "pencil". > > > > > > > > The phrase "son of an edlin" has happily been retired in my vocabulary for > > some time. If you're not aware of it, ed(1) is as capable or more of > > causing pain as edlin was and it's still in the FreeBSD base. > > Anybody else familiar with TECO? <*EVIL* grin> > > It could do a _LOT_ of things, but a complex command string was nearly > indistinguishable from line noise. :) > ED is the standard text editor! http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html Yes, I remember TECO -- I've used it to trash many a file.
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