[TUHS] basic tools / Universal Unix

Bakul Shah bakul at bitblocks.com
Thu Nov 2 06:16:24 AEST 2017



> On Nov 1, 2017, at 11:06 AM, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> 
> Ralph Corderoy <ralph at inputplus.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Arnold,
>> 
>>>> I've idly considered an ed that also maintained a cursor within the
>>>> line that could be used with vi-like commands.
>>> 
>>> you want an ed with a cursor, you need only take GNU ed and hook it up
>>> with GNU readline, and there you go.
>> 
>> That would allow me to edit the command I'm entering, e.g. `,n'.  What
>> I'm suggesting is the command I'm entering can manipulate the in-line
>> cursor when I press Enter to submit the command.  I don't want
>> interactive editing of lines in the file;  I know where to find that.
>> :-)
> 
> I don't think I understand what you're getting at. It's been decades,
> I think, since I last saw / used open mode, which is what I thought
> you wanted, so I think I'm confused.

I think what Ralph wants is something like "LINES=1 vi"
but without clearing the screen so that commands that
are cursor relative can work. rlwrap and readline don't
edit the current line in the file, only the command input.




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