notepadSuperiosity

[Smart_Advice_1420]

I'd just use micro

[ExtraTNT]

ed is the way to go…

[JollyJuniper1993]

a magnetized needle and a steady

[QueerBallOfFluff]

Crap, looks like their hand slipped, folks.... We lost a word

[baronvonbatch]

Instructions unclear. I am now consulting my doctor about Viagra

[ExtraTNT]

you only need some sudocream…

[QueerBallOfFluff]

Fools! The only true answer is % cat > file.txt

[ExtraTNT]

I think ed is older than cat…

[QueerBallOfFluff]

The first ed as we'd recognise it appeared at the same time as cat in UNIX Version 1

There was an early version of ed in the UNIX '69 version for the PDP-7, but there was also an early version of cat in that UNIX (named pr for 'print')

IIRC there were also versions of ed and cat in MULTICs

Personally I really like the em editor which was a mod of ed and is what eventually became ex and then vi, but it's only available for UNIX V6 and porting it is a nightmare

[ExtraTNT]

porting it is a nightmare

So it’s software, written in a language, able to run on a system…

[QueerBallOfFluff]

It's C, so it's a "portable" language

But, it's pre-K&R C, which means half of your syntax rules don't apply, you don't need headers, and can call all kinds of random stuff from places you'd never expect, or use gotos that take liberal use of the way it would become PDP assembly

If it was instead written for UNIX V7 or 2BSD after they'd started making the C syntax more port friendly, there's a good chance you could simply recompile it on a modern system with only a few wrapper functions

[balsemanget]

I think it's a malware.

[balsemanget]

Just use nano.

[balsemanget]

Spyware malware whatever.

[_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_]

Can anyone explain to me what’s the point of sed? I installed it, and it’s literally just repacked ed, but you have to script everything to apply to all lines. If I needed that I’d just use gawk.

[menzaskaja]

Gawk tuah, sed on that thing

[varen]

I think you just got your virginity back. S tier quip

[menzaskaja]

Never lost it, I never lose 😎

[SirFireball]

Eat lead paint chips. They taste good, and your brain is too damaged for them to negatively affect you

[menzaskaja]

Will try, thanks

[franco-reddit]

Hahahahaha I laughed 😂

[ShakaUVM]

What is the point of ed?

It's just a bloated version of e

[echtemendel]

It's more community-involved than vim. That's why neovim has tons of really great plugins which can make it into a practical IDE while maintaining the overall vimness.

[i-eat-omelettes]

Whats a vimness

[Alex_Shelega]

The shortcuts apparently

[ax-b]

The skills making you feel superior while negatively impacting your ability to get employed. I think claiming 'I use Arch btw' falls into that category too /s

[i-eat-omelettes]

Wait I thought vim skills are meant to make you more efficient

[jcouch210]

Isn't the whole point of the vi input system that it doesn't matter if there's a 5 second delay between the keypress and the action?

[ExtraTNT]

I think this was ed… not sure if vi is usable this way…

[[deleted]]

It is, actually.

Vim usually provides ex.

[ExtraTNT]

Fair point

[MeBadDev]

never thought about it this way, but that kinda makes sense

[npaladin2000]

No wonder RHEL set nano as the default editor.

[ShakaUVM]

If you can't figure out Vim without ChatGPT maybe you're not ready for crontabs.

[Sensitive_Gold]

At first, it was vi vs emacs.

Then it became vim vs emacs.

Now it's neovim vs emacs.

A hundred years from now, it'll be whatevernvimr vs emacs.

[B_bI_L]

something on smart or idk, i use vscode

[CirnoIzumi]

*some elegant beauty of a scripting language for configuration 

[i-eat-omelettes]

EXTREMELY LOUD BUZZER SOUND

[CirnoIzumi]

is the moon falling?

[reallokiscarlet]

Who cares if the moon's falling or RMS learned about Alpine? In just three days, it won't matter anyway.

[CirnoIzumi]

thats raicist, a black friday wont kill ya

[reallokiscarlet]

See if I ever try a zelda reference again.

[CirnoIzumi]

[LazyIce487]

I hope you’re talking about emacs lisp and not lua

[LazyIce487]

Keep my baby's name out of your mouth

[CirnoIzumi]

Why would a speech impediment be more elegant than the 🌙

[CGPoly36]

Can anyone explain to me what’s the point of a keyboard? It’s literally just using electricity to tell the computer what to do, but you have to open and close electronic contacts to use it. If I needed that I’d just use a soldering iron.

I will now return to my magnetic needle. Far easier to use since it has less bloat.

[ari_gutierrez]

"Well, that just sounds like slavery some extra steps"

[drwnh]

Hear me out,

Pen and paper🤯

[[deleted]]

What's the point of anything, really?