Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 19394
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2000/10/2-3 [Computer/SW/Editors/Vi] UID:19394 Activity:high
10/02   What kind of hardware will Mark VI have?
        \_ 22 386/25s. We're going to run a new experimental SMP OS called
           Dynix/PTX 4.0.1
                \_ That was mark iv, not vi.
                        \_ We're hauling it "out of the closet" for reinstation
                           as soda.csua.
                        \_ Will emacs be allowed on mark vi?
                           \_ NO, it will be replaced with a symlink to ED!
                              ED!!  ED IS THE STANDARD!!!!  TEXT EDITOR.
                                \_ This only works if you get it right.
        From http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~smikes/emacs/ed.html
        ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!! TEXT EDITOR.
        \_ I'm wondering if I had anything to do with that... I knew that guy
           since junior high school before he freaked out and became a
           Catholic Socialist terrorist.
           \_ who the fuck are you? You can't take credit if you don't sign
              your name. -- sqwrt, keeper of vowels
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www.cs.hmc.edu/~smikes/emacs/ed.html
Ed is the standard text editor I wish I had written this, but the attribution, as you can see, is given below. They print useless messages like, 'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time. Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity. ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their "edlin" on a UNIX standard, did they mimic vi? Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on. THE SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS.