I am used to ed/ged editor and quite found of it . I have an old port of ed
under DOS. I would be quite interested in having the source or a pourt under
Linux. Anyone having a tip about this is welcome!
Thank you.
I am used to ed/ged editor and quite found of it . I have an old port of ed
under DOS. I would be quite interested in having the source or a pourt under
Linux. Anyone having a tip about this is welcome!
Thank you.
I’ve asked this one from time to time myself. Surely there are some old
dogs around QNX these days that still have found memories of qed? I’ve
been using qed since 1989, and I’ve never found a better column copy, or
search/replace/marking mechanism than that in qed. I hate editing under
Linux and I even bring up the DOS port under dosemu, but it’s not quite
usable due to non-8.3 filenames, 64K limits and all that. A port to
Linux would be a dream. I’d be glad to help out on the port if QSSL
would open source the code (if it still exists).
BTW, did/will qed ever make it into QNX RTP?
Todd Meade <tmeade@antarcti.ca> wrote:
: BTW, did/will qed ever make it into QNX RTP?
Yes, it’s in there.
Steve Reid stever@qnx.com
TechPubs (Technical Publications)
QNX Software Systems Ltd.
Todd Meade <tmeade@antarcti.ca> wrote:
I’ve
been using qed since 1989, and I’ve never found a better column copy, or
search/replace/marking mechanism than that in qed. I hate editing under
Linux and I even bring up the DOS port under dosemu, but it’s not quite
usable due to non-8.3 filenames, 64K limits and all that…
Come on Todd… you ought to know better than to discuss religion
in a public forum 
I’ve
been using qed since 1989, and I’ve never found a better column copy, or
search/replace/marking mechanism than that in qed. I hate editing under
Linux and I even bring up the DOS port under dosemu, but it’s not quite
usable due to non-8.3 filenames, 64K limits and all that…
Come on Todd… you ought to know better than to discuss religion
in a public forum >
No religion, just well implemented features. Believe me, I’m not blind
to the poorly or just plain bizarre features of qed (not being able to
break a line in two using the enter key for instance; but qed is macro
based, so you can program some of the weirdness out; the home/end keys
come to mind). I know VI very well, but I’ve never had enough brain
cells to truly learn and appreciate emacs (though I do like pushing
zippy into eliza). Many of the Linux and Windows pretty editors (syntax
highlighting etc.) have some obviously outstanding features, far beyond
anything qed can do. But if I need an interactive sed like editor, qed
has always worked best for me; like I said, the column copy and the
mark/search/replace mechanism is the best I’ve used, vi and emacs
included.
So, when QSSL open sources some of QNX RTP, I really hope, someone can
take the time to get the now ages old qed source included. There are a
few of us old QNX dogs, that would truly appreciate the gesture.
Hi Todd and other dogs,
Take me as an old dog too. I never real made the step to vedit, qed ist
still my favorite editor in QNX4. (Once I loved EDT from DEC in old RSX-11
and VAX/VMS systems…)
Probably all of this is just custom. But in migrating and hopping for years
between different operating systems it’s really nice to have things where
NOT to think about anything but just use good old well-known commands like
<+>.,$g/wine/s//water/p 
old dog
m.koehler
Todd Meade <tmeade@antarcti.ca> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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I’ve
been using qed since 1989, and I’ve never found a better column copy,
or
search/replace/marking mechanism than that in qed. I hate editing
under
Linux and I even bring up the DOS port under dosemu, but it’s not
quite
usable due to non-8.3 filenames, 64K limits and all that…
Come on Todd… you ought to know better than to discuss religion
in a public forum >No religion, just well implemented features. Believe me, I’m not blind
to the poorly or just plain bizarre features of qed (not being able to
break a line in two using the enter key for instance; but qed is macro
based, so you can program some of the weirdness out; the home/end keys
come to mind). I know VI very well, but I’ve never had enough brain
cells to truly learn and appreciate emacs (though I do like pushing
zippy into eliza). Many of the Linux and Windows pretty editors (syntax
highlighting etc.) have some obviously outstanding features, far beyond
anything qed can do. But if I need an interactive sed like editor, qed
has always worked best for me; like I said, the column copy and the
mark/search/replace mechanism is the best I’ve used, vi and emacs
included.So, when QSSL open sources some of QNX RTP, I really hope, someone can
take the time to get the now ages old qed source included. There are a
few of us old QNX dogs, that would truly appreciate the gesture.