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diff etc/JOKES @ 70:131b0175ea99 r20-0b30
Import from CVS: tag r20-0b30
author | cvs |
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:02:59 +0200 |
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--- a/etc/JOKES Mon Aug 13 09:00:04 2007 +0200 +++ b/etc/JOKES Mon Aug 13 09:02:59 2007 +0200 @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ] DESCRIPTION Ed is the standard text editor. ---- +- --- Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed @@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look: --rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929 /bin/ed --rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970 /usr/ucb/vi --rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990 /usr/bin/emacs +- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929 /bin/ed +- -rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970 /usr/ucb/vi +- -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990 /usr/bin/emacs Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed. Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ^D ? ---- +- --- Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity.