27 Apr 2002 01:30
Re: text editor
Micah Stetson <micah <at> cnm-vra.com>
2002-04-26 23:30:19 GMT
2002-04-26 23:30:19 GMT
> When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi *and* > Emacs are just too damn slow. 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. > > Ed, man! !man ed This actually isn't much of a joke, even in today's world. I sometimes have to fix a problem on some remote Unix system that's only accessible through an ISDN line (or some such) that's already heavily used by a bunch of people in the office looking at web pages. Ed is about the only editor that doesn't slow to a crawl. Of course, sam -r works great in this situation, too. Micah
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