From: | maxnoel_fr@*****.fr (Max Noel) |
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Subject: | Software Crusades (and a little bit of OSS) |
Date: | Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:57:09 +0100 |
> G> The handy manpage said Q, which I tried without effect... Probably
> because
> G> I'd been typing in random letters first to see if it was actually
> doing
> G> something :)
>
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>
> if it is like vi first change into command mode propably by hitting
> the ESC key followed by a ":" thats at least what it is on my sys ;)
According to my man pages, the proper procedure to exit ed is to hit
Esc a couple of times to make sure you're in command mode, then Enter
(a question mark should appear), q, enter.
Anyway, line-oriented text editors don't have a reason to be used
anymore now that teletypes are dead. I suppose the only reason ed still
exists is that ed and vi are two interfaces to the same program... vi
is by far easier to use (not to mention more powerful).
As for software wars in the 2060s, they must still be around, yes. I
doubt there is only one OS, one text editor, one programming IDE, one
programming language, etc. And if two good enough pieces of software
exist that do the same thing (like emacs and vi for text editing --
speaking of which I'm probably the only guy in the world who uses both
:p ), you can be sure in time both will have their zealots.
By the way, that reminds me... In all the sourcebooks I've read, there
is no mention anywhere of the open source movement. While I understand
it's just plain *bad* from a game balance point of view to allow the
decker to have all his progs for free, I can't imagine how OSS could
possibly have died by 2060. Thus, it must still be around. Where do you
guys think it is?
-- Wild_Cat
maxnoel_fr@*****.fr -- ICQ #85274019
"Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting
and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a
perfect, immortal machine?"