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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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                                          private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de

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