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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>ed</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="ECP.html" title="ECP"/><link rel="next" href="egg.html" title="egg"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">ed</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ECP.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="egg.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="ed"/><dt xmlns="" id="ed"><b>ed</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> &#8220;<span class="quote">ed is the standard text editor.</span>&#8221; Line taken from the
original <a href="../U/Unix.html"><i class="glossterm">Unix</i></a> manual page on ed, an ancient
line-oriented editor that is by now used only by a few
<a href="../R/Real-Programmer.html"><i class="glossterm">Real Programmer</i></a>s, and even then only for batch operations. The
original line is sometimes uttered near the beginning of an emacs vs. vi
holy war on <a href="../U/Usenet.html"><i class="glossterm">Usenet</i></a>, with the (vain) hope to quench
the discussion before it really takes off. Often followed by a standard
text describing the many virtues of ed (such as the small memory
<a href="../F/footprint.html"><i class="glossterm">footprint</i></a> on a Timex Sinclair, and the consistent
(because nearly non-existent) user interface).</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ECP.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="egg.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ECP </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> egg</td></tr></table></div></body></html>