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0 pointspiekvorst2d ago0 comments

vi and sed took the s/ syntax from ed, independently of each other.

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zvr20h ago

Right! ed was the first one, and its ideas and commands influenced sed (a "streams" ed), and ex (an "extended" editor, which also had a "vi"sual mode).

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0 pointspiekvorst2d ago0 comments

vi and sed took the s/ syntax from ed, independently of each other.

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zvr20h ago

Right! ed was the first one, and its ideas and commands influenced sed (a "streams" ed), and ex (an "extended" editor, which also had a "vi"sual mode).

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