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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!news.gtn.com!klicman.de!ora.de!bad From: bad@ora.de (Christoph Badura) Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Message-ID: <E0zKzy.yo@ora.de> Organization: Verlag O'Reilly References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <328386bc.112278367@news.ov.com> <560d4o$c68@panix2.panix.com> <328631EA.346F@jpmorgan.com> <ralphp-1011961555120001@du-18.gcstation.net> <56a070$cqc@cnn.Princeton.EDU> <328B5B7D.7260@ccm.hf.intel.com> <E0xG9I.Koo@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 23:23:58 GMT Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26493 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1535 alt.folklore.computers:124751 In <E0xG9I.Koo@ranger.daytonoh.ncr.com> Mike Czaplinski <mike.czaplinski@washingtondc.ncr.com> writes: >Speaking as a 'young whipper snapper' who's only been working with >Unix for a little over two years, ed(1) is a regular part of my >arsenal, since my job is to resurrect sick machines, and often it's >the only text editor I have available. >I don't ENJOY using it, but I'm somewhere between functionally >illiterate and fluent in it. You're not supposed to enjoy using it. It isn't meant to be used on these newfangled glass TTYs. It works much better on real TTYs. -- Christoph Badura Now available in print: Lion's Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code http://www.peer-to-peer.com/