blymn@baesystems.com.au (Brett Lymn) writes:
> According to Simon Burge:
> >At least on Ultrix and Solaris (and probably other older vi-using
> >systems) "edit" is a link to "vi".
> 
> Hmmm so it is, mind you on my Solaris 2.6 box edit results in vi in ex
> mode.

In fact, I don't think it is even "normal" ex but a restricted
version. I may be wrong -- it has been years.

However, the name is really attractive from a newbie perspective.

Maybe "edit" should be a program that invokes your favorite editor
depending on your EDITOR variable? Sure, it is not what people might
expect in some contexts, but it may be better overall....

> >  Too late for a name change?
> 
> No, not too late.  

lime = Lime Is My Editor

> Ummm "wordpad"...."notepad"....<duck>

It needs a lot of hacking, by the way.