If you have ever ventured into the archives of old UNIX books and mailing lists, you will have undoubtedly come across the legend of ed. ed (pronounced /iː diː/) is a text editor just like vim and emacs. However, contrary to its counterparts, ed comes with what an interface that could be best summarised as… $ ed q ? q ? q ? qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq ? q ? q ? q $ In spite of all of this, legend has it: “ed is the standard text editor”.
