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Use edlin as your text editor

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by jakubikt

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I'd like to know, who's using such a poor software?
Maybe edit would be a better suggestion?

In addition, the author of this article says, that there is a tool included in *nix systems.
Show me that, please. Have you even heard about vi?

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by mcs-1

You're right. I thought that was a joke in my email :) I can think of at least 5 text editors I'd use instead of Edlin. Edlin sucked even back in the DOS days ... I'd almost prefer to edit with a hex editor - it would probably be less cumbersome.

by linuxlista9

I don't believe the author has ever actually used *nix. The closest I could find was "ed". No one uses it, duh. VI or Emacs are the way to go. Line oriented editors died out decades ago. One of the first things I do if I am forced to use Windows is load Xemacs. I use it daily in text mode from remote SSH connections, it works the same as the GUI version except for the toolbar, etc.

People should write about things they have actually used.

by tbragsda

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I know of a guy that created a entire manual using nothing but vi, and was very impressed with himself. Looked like sh*t, but he did it. Just because you can is no reason to do it.

I use UltraEdit. Love it.

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