From arosen@nni.com Wed Dec 24 04:20:09 1997
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:56:56 -0500
From: Andy Rosen <arosen@nni.com>
To: pudding@nni.com
Subject: Fw: S-x86; NEdit 5.0 with syntax highlighting

Here's that message I was telling you about!

-----Original Message-----
From: Markus Korth <mkorth@systline.de>
To: solaris-x86@webpro.eis.com <solaris-x86@webpro.eis.com>
Date: Monday, December 22, 1997 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: S-x86; NEdit 5.0 with syntax highlighting
>----------------------------
>When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
>*and* Emacs are just too damn slow.  They print useless messages like,
>'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'.  So I use the editor
>that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
>
>Ed, man!  !man ed
>
>ED(1)               UNIX Programmer's Manual                ED(1)
>
>NAME
>     ed - text editor
>
>SYNOPSIS
>     ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
>DESCRIPTION
>     Ed is the standard text editor.
>- ---
>
>Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
>alphabetically, but because it's the standard.  Everyone else loves ed
>because it's ED!
>
>"Ed is the standard text editor."
>
>And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair.  Just look:
>
>- -rwxr-xr-x  1 root          24 Oct 29  1929 /bin/ed
>- -rwxr-xr-t  4 root     1310720 Jan  1  1970 /usr/ucb/vi
>- -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  5.89824e37 Oct 22  1990 /usr/bin/emacs
>
>Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
>Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
>message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
>and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
>
>"Ed is the standard text editor."
>
>Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
>
>golem> ed
>
>?
>help
>?
>?
>?
>quit
>?
>exit
>?
>bye
>?
>hello?
>?
>eat flaming death
>?
>^C
>?
>^C
>?
>^D
>?
>
>- ---
>Note the consistent user interface and error reportage.  Ed is
>generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
>the novice with verbosity.
>
>"Ed is the standard text editor."
>
>Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
>
>ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA!  ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
>AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES!  ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
>BODILY FLUIDS!!  ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR!  ED MAKES THE SUN
>SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
>
>When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
>help screens and cursor positioning code!  I just want an EDitor!!
>Not a "viitor".  Not a "emacsitor".  Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
>ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
>
>TEXT EDITOR.
>
>When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
>"edlin" on a UNIX standard, did they mimic vi?  No.  Emacs?  Surely
>you jest.  They chose the most karmic editor of all.  The standard.
>
>Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on.  If you
>are an idiot, you should use Emacs.  If you are an Emacs, you should
>not be vi.  If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION.  THE
>SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE
>FAITHLESS.  DO NOT GIVE IN!!!  THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
>
>?
>
>Ciao
> Markus
>
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