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From: patl@athena.mit.edu
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Subject: The True Path (long)
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Date: 11 Jul 91 03:17:31 GMT
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Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs,alt.slack
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When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
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*and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages like,
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'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor
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that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
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Ed, man! !man ed
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ED(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual ED(1)
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NAME
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ed - text editor
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SYNOPSIS
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ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
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DESCRIPTION
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Ed is the standard text editor.
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---
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Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
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alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed
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because it's ED!
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"Ed is the standard text editor."
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And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929 /bin/ed
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-rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970 /usr/ucb/vi
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990 /usr/bin/emacs
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Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
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Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
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message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
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and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
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"Ed is the standard text editor."
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Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
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golem> ed
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?
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help
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?
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?
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?
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quit
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exit
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bye
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hello?
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eat flaming death
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^C
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^C
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^D
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?
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---
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Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is
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generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
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the novice with verbosity.
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"Ed is the standard text editor."
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Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
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ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
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AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
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BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN
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SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
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When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
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help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!!
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Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
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ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
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TEXT EDITOR.
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When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
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"edlin" on a UNIX standard, did they mimic vi? No. Emacs? Surely
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you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all. The standard.
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Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on. If you
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are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you should
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not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE
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SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE
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FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
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<p>© 1991 Patrick J. LoPresti</p>
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<p><a href="https://git.isaac.run/isaac/isaac.run">View source code</a> or read the <a href="/terms/ifdsa/">legal terms</a>.</p>
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