edpy

An implementation of the ed line editor in Python.

$ ed
Welcome to edpy!
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-h
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--help
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help me
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What is ed?

ed is the original line editor for UNIX, written by Ken Thompson circa 1971. Itself influenced by qed, ed is the precursor to modern modal editors: among it's descendants are ex, sed, vi, and vim. ed was one of the core components of the UNIX system, and as such is a historically important piece of software.

It is also awful to work with.

Why remake ed?

Although it's a pain, ed is just cool; masochistic programming is in vogue.

It's also a neat little project to do: probably the easiest editor out there to write up, and it'll be fun. Besides, it's always a good idea to brush up on Python. For reference, I'm using the GNU 'ed' manual.

Anything else?

I'll be adding more to the README as the project becomes more fleshed out.

Please, feel free to fork and make PRs if you want in on this.

Also let me know if you've got a better name.