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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ed - feature or bug?
Message-ID: <640@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 24 Apr 89 19:24:56 GMT
References: <1069@psueea.UUCP>
Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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From article <1069@psueea.UUCP>, by bartonr@psu-cs.cs.pdx.edu (Amiga 1000):
> 
>   I don't know whether this qualifies as a feature or a bug, but the
> Workbench 1.3 version of Ed will clear the 's' bit when you edit and
> then save a script file.  Does this mean Ed is getting bored editing
> script files and wants to move on to something more challenging?

     I had a long talk with Ed just the other day about this very subject.
He did, indeed, express a desire to work on something more challenging than
script files.  He says they're boring because nobody formats them.
Everything starts in the first column.  There is no right margin.  Lines
have random lengths, and the whole thing isn't very satisfying from an
asthetic point of view.  Ed wants to work on text where the format is
asthetically pleasing.  He asserts that he is a true WYSISYG program and he
should be given assignments worthy of his capabilities.  In his own words,
"You type a letter, you get a letter.  You type a space, you get a space.
How could you be more WYSIWYG than that?"

--Fabbian Dufoe
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  St. Petersburg, Florida  33705
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