InternetCitizen2What less popular text editors do you like or should have a shout out more often? What stuff do you do with it?
jsdzEd Is The Standard Text Editor
I’m not saying it doesn’t get a lot of shout outs, but it could always do with one more. I think the last time I used it was to automate the editing of config files on some antiquated telephony system by piping ed commands through netcat.
Using Ed on an old Unix system feels like talking about the WW2 with a veteran in a home except we both have shellshock.
Ed Is The Standard Text Editor
ed, ex, and vi are all standard text editors in the Single Unix Specification.