On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:04:44 +0200, Matthias Kilian wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 07:57:26PM +0200, Pascal Stumpf wrote: > > On Sat, 26 May 2012 15:31:25 +0200, Pascal Stumpf wrote: > > > GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, > > > modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and > > > via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit > > > files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands. > > > Ed is the "standard" text editor in the sense that it is the original > > > editor for Unix, and thus widely available. For most purposes, > > > however, it is superseded by full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs > > > or GNU Moe. > > > > > > > ping? > > What's the benefit of ged(1) compared to ed(1) in base? Or do you > have some specific port work that relies on features provded by > ged(1) but not by ed(1)?
Mainly it's for testing compatibility of scripts with both implementations (see the README). > > Ciao, > Kili > >
