Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoexiting vim, peak hahaslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down121
arrow-up1205arrow-down1imageexiting vim, peak hahaslemmy.blahaj.zoneBorger@lemmy.blahaj.zone to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoAh, but have you used ed, the standard editor?
minus-squareuranushertz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it’s ‘personality’. ed is not something I have dug into.
minus-squareuranushertz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoQuick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.
Ah, but have you used ed, the standard editor?
ed, man!
man ed
!I have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it’s ‘personality’. ed is not something I have dug into.
Quick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.