Brad Tilley wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:12 -0800, "Randal L. Schwartz"
> <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
>   
>>>>>>> "Brad" == Brad Tilley <brad@16systems.com> writes:
>>>>>>>               
>> Brad> I use ed in emergencies when /usr is inaccessible, but I'm a lot
>> more
>> Brad> comfortable with vi. Will a static vi ever live in /bin? Helping
>> someone
>> Brad> use ed remotely, who has never used ed, when I myself don't use it
>> Brad> regularly is always an adventure.
>>
>> Solution: learn "ed" a bit more.
>>
>> It's really *not* that hard. :)
>>     
>
> Good advice. Guess I'm looking for the easy way out. I'll make myself
> edit in ed every Friday or something.
>
> Brad
>
>
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Just out of curiosity, my "emergencies" usually involve having to edit 
/etc/fstab that has entries that no longer apply after moving disks around.
I just export TERM=xterm, fsck /usr and / mount both rw and vi away

Is there a common emergency that comes up where /usr is not available?

ed is of course on my study list :)
Did ed come out before or after those clickety-clack paper printing 
terminals?

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