> Jonathan Bakke wrote:
> Daniel Littlewood wrote:
> > From the other end, there is always ed.
>
> I use ed. Each tool is specialized, though.
>
> I prefer vi-like editing for fixing typos. Having visual feedback
> drastically reduces errors from commands like sed.
You might like se[1]. It's a screen-oriented version of ed. It can be
helpful for certain editing tasks where visual feedback is wanted.
Unrelated to ed, but for those who use emacs, I find mg[2] to be a
productive, medium-weight editor (~15k LOC). I use the one that comes
with OpenBSD.
1:
https://github.com/screen-editor/se/
Received on Sat Feb 12 2022 - 20:40:42 CET