Re: OT: Re: [Pan-users] Click on URL in a post??

[Charles Kerr]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 11:57:32AM -0800, Eric Ortega quoted:
>   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
>   
>   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   Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
>   message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
>   and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
>   
>   "Ed is the standard text editor."
>   
>   Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
>   
>   golem$ ed
>   
>   ?
>   help
>   ?
>   ?
>   ?
>   quit
>   ?
>   exit
>   ?
>   bye
>   ?
>   hello? 
>   ?
>   eat flaming death
>   ?
>   ^C
>   ?
>   ^C
>   ?
>   ^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.

ROTFL!  You just made my day.

cheers,
Charles