[mythtv-users] OFF TOPIC: Text Editor(s) ?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/14/2013 09:30 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Stephen P. Villano
> <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> If one
>> works in IT, one may well have that as the only editor on a company
>> system
> I guess that depends on whether or not you count sed.  ;)
>

Any Unix (and most Unix-like systems) system should have ed, since it's 
mandatory on all systems conforming to the Single Unix Specification.  
Of course, becoming proficient with ed makes vi's/vim's learning curve 
seem simple.  (George Coulouris created an editor called "em" (the 
"editor for mortals" since ed was only suitable for immortals).  The 
"em" editor was the inspiration for Bill Joy's "en" (one more than 
"em"), which he later "ex"tended to create "ex", which he then 
redesigned to add a visual mode (aka vi).)

So, maybe one may well have vi as the only /usable/ editor on a company 
system. :)

Mike