On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 06:02:16PM +0000, Roderick wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2019, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > Christian Weisgerber <na...@mips.inka.de> wrote: > > > > How large is a C implementation of TECO? > > > > he probably means cat plus the shell's redirection capability. > > I think, TECO is much more powerfull that ed and vi. > > But perhaps DEC 10s SOS? > > I do not know if it runs in unix or if there is a C implementation. > But I remember it as much simpler than ed, but more comfortable, > and for manually editing enough. > > Isn't really in unix nothing simpler than ed? > > Well, the advantage of ed is, that it is the standard unix editor. > > Rod. >
Yes, but ed also allows one to easily work with only 1-3 lines of screen. Screen size can matter. I have always fallen back to using ed when running single user. If I'm running off of my phone in landscape, one line is all I can see. With ed, that is enough. With vi plus making a mistake, it's harder to see. Vi is more powerful than ed, but I'm used to using vim, so I keep hitting keys that don't work in vi (which is my problem, not vi's). I have never used teco or sos. I'm neutral overall on this, but the number of screen lines used does matter to me. Forgive me if the date is wrong, I can't find the cause. Going to do a new snapshot right now. Chris Bennett
