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sinza :netbsd: :openbsd: :freebsd: :omya_linux:@sinza@oldbytes.space (2026-10-05 08:49:38)
@overeducatedredneck @pfriedma @ed1conf @sirjofri 

ed(1) is so great for lots of things. Honestly probably the best unixy text editor to use on a modern smartphone, and that's not a joke.

I tend to take extensive advantage of vi's ed ancestry. For that alone, learning ed was a boon for me. Learning ed was like learning the command line for the first time again. I find using ex commands very often. In fact, I absolutely despise BusyBox vi for partially this reason. Only some ex commands are supported. It also doesn't play so nicely with getting standard input from the shell.
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Jeff@overeducatedredneck@bitbang.social (2026-10-05 08:53:05)
@sinza @pfriedma @ed1conf @sirjofri BusyBox' ed(1) is trash too.  I don't remember which commands are broken, but my normal ed(1) workflows don't work in it.  (This is why I never got into Alpine Linux for any purpose...too much extra work to get a real userspace installed.)

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sirjofri@sirjofri@pleroma.envs.net (2026-10-05 16:06:02)
@overeducatedredneck
This is one of the most annoying parts. Ed is the standard editor, but on most Linux systems, you have to install it. They come with vi and nano, but not ed!

As if these few bytes weigh too much
@sinza @pfriedma @ed1conf