Comment on Vim is the original escape room

kia@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• mumblerfish@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • mvirts@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • stockRot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ed is much older than Linux

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