[H-GEN] Simple Linux editors

[robert stanford]

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On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 02:02, Ben Fowler wrote:
 
> [root at reptile] fowlerb# ldd `which ed`
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40020000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> [root at reptile] fowlerb# ldd `which aee`
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40020000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> [root at reptile] fowlerb#

Well I copied ae over from one of my embeded systems and

rob at rotapile:~$ ldd ./ae
        not a dynamic executable
 
> Ok, let's consider the hypothetical and unlikely scenario where there is
> absolutely no way known I can get a dynamically-linked executable to run
> off my hard drive during a disaster.  We're forced to use a
> statically-linked editor off a recovery disk.
> 
> [fowlerb at reptile] elvis-tiny-1.4.orig$ ls -la elvis
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 fowlerb  fowlerb    537611 Apr  9 01:38 elvis
> [fowlerb at reptile] elvis-tiny-1.4.orig$ ldd ./elvis
>         not a dynamic executable
> [fowlerb at reptile] elvis-tiny-1.4.orig$
> 
> Elvis has left the building.  What about ae(1) and ed(1)?
> 
> [root at reptile] fowlerb# ls -la `which aee`
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       159644 Sep 29  2001 /usr/bin/aee
> [root at reptile] fowlerb# ls -la `which ed`
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        43292 Nov 27  2000 /bin/ed
> [root at reptile] fowlerb#
> 
> As expected, ed wins.  But even ae, a perfectly usable screen-mode
> editor weighs in at a hefty 160k.  By using ae, I sacrifice a whopping
> 116k of disk space, and get a screen-mode editor which enables me to
> work faster.  It sounds like a pretty fair swap to me.  When you
> consider "ease of use" and intuitiveness, I'd argue strongly that a
> screen-mode editor beats a command-mode editor hands-down.  Period.

aee is not ae, aee is Another Easy Editor. ae is Anthony's Editor. 

rob at rotapile:~$ ls -l ae
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     rob         13640 Apr  9 09:24 ae

ae is even smaller than ed, infact its less than 1/3 the size. 

Do I get my Micky Mouse watch now or pick it up at the next HUMBUG ?


Robert Stanford

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