10 Mar
2021
10 Mar
'21
6:01 a.m.
The phrase disappeared from the manuals at some point. I might have
committed the offense myself: The Research Unix manuals all continue the
phrase, but the Plan 9 ones say:
ED(1) ED(1)
NAME
ed - text editor
SYNOPSIS
ed [ - ] [ -o ] [ file ]
DESCRIPTION
Ed is a venerable text editor.
I likely made the "venerable" substitution. I regret that now.
Ed is the standard editor.
-rob
On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 10:53 AM Steve Nickolas <usotsuki(a)buric.co> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2021, Rob Pike wrote:
I'm curious when people (other than me)
erred and stopped saying that ed
was the standard editor.
-rob
I actually use that expression in somewhat unorthodox ways. ;)
Like "CDE is the standard desktop environment like ed is the standard text
editor." (I still consider both to be true even though about no one uses
either anymore.)
-uso.