Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:22:55 -0600 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: eee-dee anyone? Message-ID: <1945d1d9-eae0-3239-0f72-5d7a7efccc57@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <8ed6766a-33d9-5057-10b0-c2c3b631cdad@jeays.ca> References: <23e162e23288d9a2e498df5f40488bb8@kathe.in> <8ed6766a-33d9-5057-10b0-c2c3b631cdad@jeays.ca>
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On 3/28/19 8:28 PM, Mike Jeays wrote: > 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"? _______________________________________________ > > 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. I last used it in exactly that scenario. I think I had to mess with a munged /etc/fstab and a trashed disk.
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