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Yavor Doganov |
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Subject: |
www/fun/jokes ed.msg.html |
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Date: |
Tue, 19 May 2009 14:38:50 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Yavor Doganov <yavor> 09/05/19 14:38:50
Modified files:
fun/jokes : ed.msg.html
Log message:
Split strings for translators' sake.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.8&r2=1.9
Patches:
Index: ed.msg.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -b -r1.8 -r1.9
--- ed.msg.html 5 Nov 2008 00:45:27 -0000 1.8
+++ ed.msg.html 19 May 2009 14:38:12 -0000 1.9
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
-
<title>Ed, man! !man ed- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
-
<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
<h2>Ed, man! !man ed</h2>
+<blockquote>
<pre>
From: address@hidden (Patrick J. LoPresti)
Subject: The True Path (long)
Date: 11 Jul 91 03:17:31 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs,alt.slack
+</pre>
-When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
-*and* Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages like,
-'C-h for help' and '"foo" File is read only'. So I use the editor
-that doesn't waste my VALUABLE time.
+<p>When I log into my Xenix system with my 110 baud teletype, both vi
+<b>and</b> Emacs are just too damn slow. They print useless messages
+like, ‘C-h for help’ and ‘“foo” File is
+read only’. So I use the editor that doesn't waste my VALUABLE
+time.</p>
-Ed, man! !man ed
+<p>Ed, man! !man ed</p>
+<pre>
ED(1) Unix Programmer's Manual ED(1)
NAME
@@ -28,29 +30,32 @@
ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
DESCRIPTION
Ed is the standard text editor.
----
+</pre>
+<p>---</p>
-Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
+<p>Computer Scientists love ed, not just because it comes first
alphabetically, but because it's the standard. Everyone else loves ed
-because it's ED!
+because it's ED!</p>
-"Ed is the standard text editor."
+<p>“Ed is the standard text editor.”</p>
-And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:
+<p>And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:</p>
+<pre>
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 24 Oct 29 1929 /bin/ed
-rwxr-xr-t 4 root 1310720 Jan 1 1970 /usr/ucb/vi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 5.89824e37 Oct 22 1990 /usr/bin/emacs
+</pre>
-Of course, on the system *I* administrate, vi is symlinked to ed.
-Emacs has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog
-message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the user's disk quota by 100K;
-and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!
-
-"Ed is the standard text editor."
+<p>Of course, on the system <b>I</b> administrate, <tt>vi</tt> is
+symlinked to <tt>ed</tt>. Emacs has been replaced by a shell script
+which 1) Generates a syslog message at level LOG_EMERG; 2) reduces the
+user's disk quota by 100K; and 3) RUNS ED!!!!!!</p>
-Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:
+<p>“Ed is the standard text editor.”</p>
+<p>Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:</p>
+<pre>
golem$ ed
?
@@ -74,66 +79,67 @@
?
^D
?
+</pre>
+<p>---</p>
----
-Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is
+<p>Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is
generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm
-the novice with verbosity.
+the novice with verbosity.</p>
-"Ed is the standard text editor."
+<p>“Ed is the standard text editor.”</p>
-Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.
+<p>Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.</p>
-ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
+<p>ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN
-SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
-
-When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
-help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!!
-Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
-ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
-
-TEXT EDITOR.
-
-When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
-"edlin" on a Unix standard, did they mimic vi? No. Emacs? Surely
-you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all. The standard.
-
-Ed is for those who can *remember* what they are working on. If you
-are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you should
-not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE
-SO-CALLED "VISUAL" EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE
-FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!
+SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!</p>
-?
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-<a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a>
-in the GNU Humor Collection.</p>
-
-<div class="infobox">
-<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4><p>The joke on this page was
-obtained from the FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email
-archives</a> of the GNU Project.</p>
+<p>When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of
+worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an
+EDitor!! Not a “viitor”. Not a “emacsitor”.
+Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!</p>
+
+<p>TEXT EDITOR.</p>
+
+<p>When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their
+“edlin” on a Unix standard, did they mimic vi? No.
+Emacs? Surely you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all.
+The standard.</p>
+
+<p>Ed is for those who can <b>remember</b> what they are working on.
+If you are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you
+should not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION.
+THE SO-CALLED “VISUAL” EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED
+TO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS
+SPOKEN!!!</p>
+
+<p>?</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>This joke is also available in <a href="/fun/jokes/ed.msg">plain
+text</a>, plus an <a href="/fun/jokes/ed.hup">Intel “press
+release”</a> edited with <tt>ed</tt>.</p>
+
+<p><a href="/fun/humor.html">Other humor</a> in the GNU Humor
+Collection.</p>
+
+<h4 id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</h4>
+<p>The joke on this page was obtained from the
+FSF's <a href="http://lists.gnu.org/";>email archives</a> of the GNU
+Project.</p>
<p>The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this joke.</p>
-</div>
</div>
-
-<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
-<p>
-Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>. There are
-also <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html";>other ways to
-contact</a> the FSF.
-<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-</p>
+<p>Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
+the FSF.<br />
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
<p>
Please see the
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2008/11/05 00:45:27 $
+$Date: 2009/05/19 14:38:12 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
@@ -153,24 +159,25 @@
<div id="translations">
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<ul class="translations-list">
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-
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