On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 08:23:56PM -0500, Brad Tilley wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12 -0800, "Randal L. Schwartz" > <mer...@stonehenge.com> wrote: > > >>>>> "Brad" == Brad Tilley <b...@16systems.com> writes: > > > > Brad> I use ed in emergencies when /usr is inaccessible, but I'm a lot > > more > > Brad> comfortable with vi. Will a static vi ever live in /bin? Helping > > someone > > Brad> use ed remotely, who has never used ed, when I myself don't use it > > Brad> regularly is always an adventure. > > > > Solution: learn "ed" a bit more. > > > > It's really *not* that hard. :) > > Good advice. Guess I'm looking for the easy way out. I'll make myself > edit in ed every Friday or something.
You should also try a teleprinter. I'm not sure where you can get them these days, and don't know about the price either.
