Tip for Desktop Memory management, new vm tuning option

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

On 2019-07-30 12:49, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 18:33, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
> <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The word 'simple' in combination with 'vi*' or 'emacs' just for 
>> editing
>> a value is grotesk. 'vi*' or 'emacs' for sure have got advantages for
>> some purposes, but for editing a value I can't imagine something more
>> complicated than using one of those editors.
> 
> *Chuckle* I know exactly what you mean, but do bear in mind that Bret
> is, ah, "of a certain age" -- he has been around at bit. When I saw my
> first Unix box in 1988 (SCO Xenix), Vi was the only interactive editor
> available.

I, for one, always forget the damn syntax for 'tee', so I cheat:
sudo bash -c "echo foo > bar"

> (Edlin was the only built-in editor on PC/MS-DOS back then. Vi is at
> least better than Edlin.)

*sigh*  Now you've gone and done it.  I apologize in advance -- 
especially if I've done this to this list before.  But...

==========================================================================Ed, 
ed man! !man ed
 From: patl at athena.mit.edu (Patrick J. LoPresti)
Subject: The True Path (long)
Date: 11 Jul 91 03:17:31 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.religion.emacs,alt.slack
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.

Ed, man!  !man ed

ED(1)               Unix Programmer's Manual                ED(1)

NAME
      ed - text editor

SYNOPSIS
      ed [ - ] [ -x ] [ name ]
DESCRIPTION
      Ed is the standard text editor.
---

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!

“Ed is the standard text editor.”

And ed doesn't waste space on my Timex Sinclair. Just look:

-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
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has been replaced by a shell script which 1) Generates a syslog message 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.”

Let's look at a typical novice's session with the mighty ed:

golem$ ed

?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?
---

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.

“Ed is the standard text editor.”

Ed, the greatest WYGIWYG editor of all.

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!!!

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