Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:28:34 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike@jeays.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eee-dee anyone? Message-ID: <8ed6766a-33d9-5057-10b0-c2c3b631cdad@jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> References: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in>
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On 2019-03-28 9:50 p.m., Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > Are there still people on this list using the "ed" text-editor? > If yes, is it just for kicks? Or is there any real advantage over "vi"? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It might occasionally be useful on a dysfunctional system that will not start properly, when it might be the only editor available. Other than this, I can't imagine any practical use for it. If vi is too hard, there is always nano.
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