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"If you’re reading this book, it’s because you want to join the elite.
You want to count amongst the Navy SEALS of information technology."

I went and bought the book "Ed Mastery" from @mwl today. I am now reading it. There is no excuse, I should have done this a long time ago:

"ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor"

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=ed

#NowReading #Bookstodon #book #ed #unix #theStandardTextEditor

Ed Mastery

For 1 April 2018! Let me be perfectly clear: ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor. If you don’t know ed, you’re not a sysadmin. You're a mere dabbler. A dilettante. Deficient. Forty years after ed’s introduction, internationally acclaimed author Michael W Lucas has finally unlocked the myste

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ed(1) conference 1d ago

On this day 8 years ago, @mwl released "Ed Mastery" to much lamentation rejoicing.

Ed Mastery

Ed Mastery Links.

ed(1) conference Mar 18

Thought I'd take Nvidia's new DLSS 5 for a spin to see how it improves text-editing. I'm not thinking it's quite what I wanted.

#UncannyValley #DLSS5

ed(1) conference Mar 15

give you UP
and will never let you DOWN

@tux0r

ed(1) conference Mar 15

today is that day where I'm supposed to remind you to beware the IDEs of March, right?

Don't let your $EDITOR stab you in the back.

ed(1) conference Mar 13

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paul Mar 13

@0x4d6165 there is a case to be made for writing a first draft in ed (seriously!) I accidentally figured this out while using ed in part of a project of mine as an experiment.

Ed's insert mode is actually pretty ideal for getting into a flow state. You commit things one line at a time. The line can be as long as you want. (I think) you can use emacs/vi key bindings with rlwrap to edit the line. But once you hit enter, the line is in, and you're onto the next thought.

ed(1) conference Mar 8

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Charlie Stross Mar 8

@jack @kkarhan @mwl Given the current zeitgeist someone, somewhere, RIGHT NOW, is working to embed Claude or Gemini in the ed(1) command prompt. And they're going to end up giving it a dependencies on Gtk and react.js.

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jack/116190242608001379

jack (@[email protected])

@[email protected] As @[email protected] wrote: There's only one standard Unix text editor. https://mwl.link/ed-mastery.html

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ed(1) conference Mar 4

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ed(1) conference Mar 4

For whomever needs to hear this: you are not alone. I am not vibecoding any of the software I write. I write it all by hand. I have leveled up to using ed(1) on a glass TTY rather than a hardcopy-output device. I am modernizing my stacks and using languages with excellent compilers like C89. I think about how to do more with less. I am trying to combine the best human-written libraries and modules and assemble them with minimal boilerplate. I enjoy reading manuals and references. I believe in robust, secure, human-written software.

@mntmn

ed(1) conference Mar 4

Lucie / minute Mar 4

for whoever needs to hear this: you're not alone. i'm not vibecoding any of the software i write. i'm writing it by hand, but i've leveled up my emacs with eglot/lsp. i'm modernizing my stacks and use languages with excellent compilers. i think about how to do more with less. i'm trying to combine the best human-written libraries and modules and assemble them with minimal boilerplate. i enjoy reading your manuals and references. i believe in robust, secure, human-written software.

ed(1) conference Feb 23

David Beazley Feb 23

Was talking with someone about my 67 hour Rust+ed(1) coding adventure over the holidays and they said I should have deleted the whole thing at the end. In retrospect, that would have been epic--a missed opportunity to make the whole thing like a sand painting.

Pronouns	it/they
ed(1)	the standard text editor