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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: A better EMACS for FreeBSD?
Date: 7 Nov 1994 15:09:58 +0100
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scallon@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Brendan J. F. Scallon) writes:
>Proof that there can only be one editor.
You are absolutely right:
ed(1) ed(1)
NAME
ed, red - text editor
SYNOPSIS
ed [-s] [-p string ] [-x] [-C] [file]
red [-s] [-p string ] [-x] [-C] [file]
DESCRIPTION
ed is the standard text editor. If the file argument is given, ed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Emacs doesn't allow control characters. IOW it sucks.
You've seen a page break here? Yes, really? Hmm, strange, someone must
have inserted a control-L after this message left my emacs. :-]
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