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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Denny Watkins
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:51 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [U2] OT: Unix Version of PR1MOS EDitor

>> I had to blow the dust off my old copy of the "Hacker's Guide to the
>> Prime" to remind myself about the Primos ED command. Dare I ask why
>> you would want to find a Unix equivalent? 
>> 
>> I'll bet he is longing for the GMODIFY  commands within ED! -------
>
> ABSOULTELY CORRECT!!!!

Good grief!  Why work so hard?  Use vim (vi), or even sed or awk if all you
want is the gmodify. :)

Seriously, even the most primitive features of vi beat the stuffing out of a
line editor (even Pr1me's ED, which is admittedly the best line editor I
ever ran into).

-Keith
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