squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoVim is the original escape roommessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down117
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareVim is the original escape roomsquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoYeah, I don’t get why the meme is about vim instead of ed. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI think escaping ed is easier than vi, although using it is completely different.
minus-squarestockRot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI’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
I see you haven’t used ed.
Yeah, I don’t get why the meme is about vim instead of ed. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
I think escaping ed is easier than vi, although using it is completely different.
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