22
The little editor that could (ed) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago by cerement@slrpnk.net to c/permacomputing@slrpnk.net
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

ed was based on using the teletype – the “persistent display” was the paper itself

What I really love is that when the teletype has finished printing off his little diary, Rex can simply tear it off and walk away, keeping it in his pocket, put on his wall. It’s produced a little physical artifact for him to carry around.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] isosphere@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Noticing a lot of similarities with vi! Happy to have had that tour, though I'm not sure I've encountered a system without vi or nano yet.

E: I have since discovered that the default mail program accepts ed commands as described here, such as p$ to print the last mail

this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)

Permacomputing

1385 readers
1 users here now

Computing to support life on Earth

Computing in the age of climate crisis is often wasteful and adds nothing useful to our real life communities. Here we try to find out how to change that.

Definition and purpose of permacomputing: http://viznut.fi/files/texts-en/permacomputing.html

Permacomputing XMPP Chat

Sister community over at lemmy.sdf.org: !permacomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

There's also a wiki: https://permacomputing.net/

Website: http://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
schmorpel@slrpnk.net