Re: Ed, flashing characters
- Posted by Ken_Rhodes May 25, 2009
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Using? No, there are dozens of much better & easier to use editors free with Linux. Ed DOES work ok, but all things considered, it is probably a net loss to include it with Euphoria, because it makes Euphoria appear to be caught in a time warp.
I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that there have always been dozens of better and easier to use free editors with Linux and even Windows/DOS for that matter. Rob has said that ed was intended as a simple demo. I think ed has/had many merits as a euphoria sandbox for programming toddlers, such as yours truly, to play around in.
I'm not interested in beating a dead horse though. GUI editors are au currant, console editors are passe'.
BTW I deeply appreciate your euphoria support files for KATE/Kwrite.
So who decides whether ed is maintained in the official release or not?