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Vim is the original escape room (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I don't get why the meme is about vim instead of ed. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I think escaping ed is easier than vi, although using it is completely different.

[–] stockRot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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