Ultrix for DECstations

[Bill Sudbrink]

Allison wrote:
> Bill Sudbrink wrote:
> >Allison wrote:
> >
> >> First choice when all else fails, vi.
> >
> >Can't resist... really, when _ALL_ else fails, ex.
> 
> Did you mean ED??? That loathsome excuse for a tool! 
> I'd rather hurt myself before using that. Scratch that.
> Every time I've used it, I did hurt myself.

Uh, no, I meant ex, the line level editor that runs under vi.
When you can't even get vi to run right (termcaps messed up
or, in one case I experienced, most control characters being
filtered/screwed up between me and the system I was trying to
edit a text file on) give ex a try.