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Devine Lu Linvega

"Ed is the classical line editor. 8472 bytes. Everything you ever _needed_ in a functional text editor. "

13 Aug 2023 at 21:30 | Open on merveilles.town
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mcc

@neauoire if I know how to use vim, how likely is it I could learn to use an ed?

13 Aug 2023 at 21:34 | Open on mastodon.social
Devine Lu Linvega
mcc

@neauoire I wonder if one could make a super compact "modern" ed which is to ed what vi is to vim and possibly leverages vim muscle memory.

13 Aug 2023 at 21:42 | Open on mastodon.social
Nico Nico Belić

@neauoire but can it play tetris? it can't
if I tried hard enough, I can emulate varvara inside emacs

hmmmmm :blobcatthinking:​

13 Aug 2023 at 21:46 | Open on emacs.ch
Janne Moren

@neauoire
I decided to use just ed for two days as a challenge once.

In the beginning it's immensely frustrating. But it didn't take very long until the workflow clicked. After that it didn't feel particularly weird or alien, just a little cumbersome. It's livable.

Also, if you've ever used gdb, it has a similar line oriented interface to browsing the source. Once you get used to ed, gdb also feels a lot more natural to use.

13 Aug 2023 at 22:16 | Open on fosstodon.org
Devine Lu Linvega

@jannem I haven't messed with ed much, but I've opened sam once or twice :) it doesn't work well with my workflow, I think if I did different types of programs it might be a better fit.

14 Aug 2023 at 1:53 | Open on merveilles.town
max22-

@neauoire
I've tried this editor, it's quite fun ☺

"Merlin is cheifly inspired by the likes of Ken Thompson's ed and Rob Pike's acme. It uses a command-line powered by a stack-based, forth-esque shell langauge called Merlin Notation."

"an esoteric text editor for wizards"

github.com/merlinfo/merlin

14 Aug 2023 at 6:38 | Open on mastodon.xyz
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