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by YeGoblynQueenne 2214 days ago
Well at least with vim you get to see the whole buffer you are editing. With ed all you see is... ?
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Hehe^^ Try: ,p or: ,n in ed and you'll print the whole file to the screen - although you'll be at the end of the file with everything that didn't fit on screen cut off.

I guess there's a reason why it's not around on modern systems anymore^^