squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoVim is the original escape roommessage-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down117
arrow-up1169arrow-down1message-squareVim is the original escape roomsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoYeah, I don’t get why the meme is about vim instead of ed. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI think escaping ed is easier than vi, although using it is completely different.
minus-squarestockRot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI’ve been using Linux as a desktop for over a decade and have never heard of ed before. I’m assuming that its general lack of popularity is why no one talks about it
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoed is much older than Linux. I’m surprised you haven’t at least heard of it. I found about about it though the old AT&T Unix tapes
I see you haven’t used ed.
Yeah, I don’t get why the meme is about vim instead of ed. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
I think escaping ed is easier than vi, although using it is completely different.
I’ve been using Linux as a desktop for over a decade and have never heard of ed before. I’m assuming that its general lack of popularity is why no one talks about it
ed is much older than Linux. I’m surprised you haven’t at least heard of it. I found about about it though the old AT&T Unix tapes