[hackers] [sbase] TODO: add replacement bug reported for ed || Hiltjo Posthuma

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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 17:48:51 +0100 (CET)

commit 0a82a7d91a039b41f861e399a74da8f7073ed59f
Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 29 17:48:13 2023 +0100
Commit: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
CommitDate: Sun Oct 29 17:48:13 2023 +0100

    TODO: add replacement bug reported for ed
    
    Also reported on IRC:
    
    "escaping the delimiter in replacement fails also: s/./\//"

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3b60785..a78cf8b 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
_AT_@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ ed
     .
     1g/^$/p
 * Editing huge files doesn't work well.
+* Escaping newlines in replacement doesn't work well:
+ % /bin/ed
+ i
+ foobar
+ .
+ s/foo/&\
+ ->
+ ->bar
+ ,p
+ foo
+ ->bar
+ Q
+
 
 printf
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