ed(1) Conference

@ed1conf

The premier conference for ed(1), the standard text editor. A bit snarky. Accessible at 300 baud. Masto: @ed1conf@bsd.network

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    19 Oct 2017

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    18 hours ago
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    I propose that GNU renames GNU ed(1) into something else. Its incompatibilities with actual ed(1) are confusing, to say the least. They managed to name their broken implementation of SCCS "CSSC", why don't they name their "ed(1)" "de" or something?

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    19 hours ago
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    Also, if you don't want to type numbers, "+5" is the same as "+++++", "-3" is the same as "---" (or "^^^" unless you're in GNU ed(1)).

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  4. 19 hours ago

    Use the ed(1) "j" command to join lines in a range: 1,5j Note this simply joins without adding spaces. If you want spaces/delimiters, add them first 2,5s/^/, / 1,5j

    Use the ex command 'j' to join some lines on a range, i.e. :1,5j
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  5. 19 hours ago

    As an added benefit, all of these work in vi/vim as well.

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  6. 19 hours ago

    How to go to a specific line in ed(1) To go to the absolute line# such as 18, use that number: 18 To move relative to the current line, use + or - followed by the number of lines: +5 or -5 To jump to the first line: 1 To jump to the last line: $

    How to Go to a Specific Line in Vim
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    May 18

    Por isso que ed is the standard editor

    Stack-based Buffer Overflow in (CVE-2022-1771) reported by - Patch:
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  8. Retweeted
    May 17
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    After Emacs, I learned this lesson. Still secretly using ed, but that's once a day only 🤭

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  9. Retweeted
    May 16

    The only keyboard a real programmer really needs

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  10. Retweeted
    May 13

    My grandson playing colossal cave on an antique ASR33 teletype. Crazy!

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  11. Apr 28

    Show Hidden Special Characters in ed(1): use the "l" command

    Show Hidden Special Characters in Vim
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    Apr 24
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    If you're ever on an Android Busybox terminal, you'll be really glad you know vi (and not vim). And if you know ed, you're older than I, and probably a Unix god.

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  13. Apr 21

    The release of OpenBSD 7.1 brings minor improvements to ed(1) Thanks to all involved in making this release happen.

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    Apr 13
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    Macintosh SED, optimized for efficient line-based editing

    modified picture of a Macintosh SE computer, with the monitor flattened to a stripe that could only display a single line of text at a time
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    Apr 11
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    Ed: for when your system is so broken vi doesn’t even work. 😊

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  16. Apr 11

    Soothing in the same way that one might read the Necronomicon before drifting off to sleep...

    I still like Edlin. Who's with me? 🙋‍♂️ *I like the other editors too (Fed for programming, etc) but there's something soothing about Edlin.
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  17. Retweeted
    Apr 11

    Instead of an edit button, Twitter should allow you to enter ed commands. h/t

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  18. Retweeted
    Apr 9

    Ed - Unix Text Editor - Cheat Sheet

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  19. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    ed is the standard text editor!

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  20. Retweeted
    Apr 2

    Last year, I stumbled across a ̶b̶u̶g̶ feature in GNU ed which could result in one losing their work. Here is the full story: "GNU ed Ate My Homework" — .

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