On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 08:24:25AM NZST, Matthew Gregan wrote: > At 2004-07-30T07:35:55+1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > as I need to be root. While this works fine, is kedit the "best" > > > editor or is there something simpler/better? > > > oh dear its holy war time again. > > No. There's just nothing to argue about. ed(1) is the standard > editor[0]. Use ed. > > [0] http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html
Despite the URL indicating that thus may be humourous, I think it's a valid point. ed is incredibly powerful, and I've been finding it more and more useful lately. It's the editor I reach for when I'm making quick changes to a file. It may not be the easiest tool to wrap your head around when you've got one hand on the keyboard and one hand on the mouse, but a little bit of knowledge can save you when something bad happens to your system and libc goes down the drain. Greg --- -
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