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Customizing ed(2): Syntax Highlighting and rlwrap Heresy (aartaka.me)
submitted 4 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev
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Ed is customizable, actually. It can have syntax highlighting, interactive commands, and build/REPL setup. Enter rlwrap.

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[โ€“] Sims@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"\C-x(": "s/\([[:space:]]\)\(\(\([[({]\(\([[({]\(\([[({]\([^][(){}]\{0,1\}\)[]})]\)\{0,1\}[^][(){}]\{0,1\}\)[]})]\)\{0,1\}[^][(){}]\{0,1\}\)[]})]\)\{0,1\}[^][(){}]\{0,1\}\)*\)/\1(\2)/n"

YES! Finally something with a manly learning curve ! Enough with all this baby high level programming languages and UI's. ALL computer interaction should preferably be in a random mix of brainfuck and ed(2) ! Maybe with a little regex expressions randomly inserted here and there to keep us sharp ;-)