renzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMe giving advice about text editorslemmy.worldimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down158
arrow-up1890arrow-down1imageMe giving advice about text editorslemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWhich is a great reason to at least familiarize yourself with it. It’s the lingua franca of text editors.
minus-squarekattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoUnless you wanted to learn to use ed (which you don’t)
minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoed is sadly not installed by default on some modern distros. Even vi is often a symlink to vim in vi-mode.
minus-squarekattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoReally? Not that I’d notice, but I assumed ed was so tiny that there wouldn’t be any reason to not include it. (Ubuntu has it and it’s 59KB) Asking for vi and getting vim is just a pleasant surprise :)
Which is a great reason to at least familiarize yourself with it. It’s the lingua franca of text editors.
Unless you wanted to learn to use ed (which you don’t)
ed is sadly not installed by default on some modern distros. Even vi is often a symlink to vim in vi-mode.
Really? Not that I’d notice, but I assumed
edwas so tiny that there wouldn’t be any reason to not include it. (Ubuntu has it and it’s 59KB)Asking for
viand gettingvimis just a pleasant surprise :):q!