Borger to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoexiting vim, peak hahasimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1250
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minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAh, but have you used ed, the standard editor?
minus-squareuranushertz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it’s ‘personality’. ed is not something I have dug into.
minus-squareuranushertz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoQuick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.
Ah, but have you used ed, the standard editor?
ed, man!
man ed!I have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it’s ‘personality’. ed is not something I have dug into.
Quick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.