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Article #2644Re: history of ed, ex, vi
From: Alan Gauld
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:16
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:16
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In article <1992Nov19.175207.15505@julian.uwo.ca>, creider@taptet.sscl.uwo.ca (Chet A. Creider) writes: > Can anyone tell me a little of the history of ex? According to my "Unix for Users" book vi and ex appeared at the same time by the same people (Bill Joy et al.) I thus assume they were developed at the same time... > Are there editing tasks which one can do in ed that one can't do in ex, or > vice versa. The ed fan will say No. There is usually a *way* of doing it in ed but its a different way. Realistically there are somethings which are a LOT easier in ex. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A.J. Gauld EMail: agauld@gssec.bt.co.uk BT, Glasgow Engineering Centre, Phone: +44 41 553 2140 229 George Street, Glasgow, UK PostCode: G1 1BZ -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!axion!gssec.bt.co.uk!agauld From: agauld@gssec.bt.co.uk (Alan Gauld) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: history of ed, ex, vi Message-ID: <1992Nov23.141632.1566@gssec.bt.co.uk> Date: 23 Nov 92 14:16:32 GMT References: <1992Nov19.175207.15505@julian.uwo.ca> Sender: usenet@gssec.bt.co.uk Distribution: comp.editors Organization: BT Glasgow Engineering Centre, Scotland. Lines: 17