[ALUG] Discuss: Favourite Text / Programmer's Editor

[MJ Ray]

samwise <samwise at bagshot-row.org> wrote:
> > A *big* advantage for me is that at work I very often log in to test
> > systems and customer systems that only have 'real' vi available so I
> > don't have to re-learn the editor there.
>
> Indeed, knowing the fundamentals of vi is essential for anyone using a
> *nix alike OS. [...]

Why?  ed is available everywhere that vi is and then some.
Also, busybox's ed is more like real ed than vi is like
commonly-installed vi.

By the way:-

  "The name POSIX was suggested by Richard Stallman."
  POSIX 1003.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Version 1.12)
  http://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html.

Funny what you spot.
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