note the consistent user interface
note the consistent user interface
Posted Jan 3, 2012 15:28 UTC (Tue) by NAR (subscriber, #1313)In reply to: note the consistent user interface by tnoo
Parent article: GNU ed 1.6 released
Once I had to use a router which had ed (but not vi) installed to edit it's configuration file on the router. For some very simple tasks I actually could edit the file, but for anything complicated it was easier to download the file, edit it with vim, upload, then reload the configuration.
Posted Jan 6, 2012 1:25 UTC (Fri)
by k8to (guest, #15413)
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Sometimes I did legitimately fix bugs in source on the server system using ed commands. It was painful.
note the consistent user interface
I learned C++ in a mud environment where all I had was ed. I did a lot of pasting from a local editor with very tightly controlled flow rates.