On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 12:23:13 -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 10:22:24AM +0800, csj wrote: > } On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:13:01 +0000, > } Pigeon wrote: > } > } [...] > } > } > ed is /bin/ed - the *nix equivalent of Edlin... I use it for > } > simple/repetitive edits (like sticking "> " at the beginning of > } > each line of something I'm going to quote) and/or where I don't > } > want to lose the context of what I'm working on by wiping out > } > the contents of the screen opening a full screen editor. > } > } Sometimes I find sed to be much handier than ed. One thing I > } miss in ed is my shell's history function. If I have to operate > } on multiple lines I tend to use "sed 's|xxx|yyy| ... ; > } s|XXX|YYY|' file.txt". If I mistype "s|xxy" instead of "s|xxx", > } I can just Ctrl-P and (re)edit my last command. > } > } Sed is of course a stream editor. So I'm just wondering if > } anybody knows of a line editor with a multiline history function. > > Look into rlwrap, which wraps pretty much anything with > libreadline functionality. Very cool. It's even smart enough to > echo **** on password prompts; I mostly use it with xboard on > FICS.
Just what I need. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
