7 Jul
2020
7 Jul
'20
3:18 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020, Clem Cole wrote:
I always recommend doing the exercises in Rob and
Brian's UPE on ed
because then everything else makes sense, like sed or any other editor.
Plus you get the advantage you point out, and the reality is that so
many simpler editors (like edlin) have similar functionality, it means
you can get something done, just about anywhere.
There was also the client we had in PNG, where access was via a flakey
1200 modem i.e. no error correction, and VI was out of the question.
I learned to use ED when V5 first appeared (down-under) in the 70s (it was
the *only* editor) and I'm glad that I did.
I must grab a copy of UPE and read it again, just for old times' sake.
-- Dave