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diff --git a/gnu/packages/ed.scm b/gnu/packages/ed.scm index b662b59a86..4a2d524417 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/ed.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/ed.scm @@ -45,12 +45,9 @@ (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/") (synopsis "Line-oriented text editor") (description - "GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, -display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both -interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, -red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot -execute shell commands. Ed is the \"standard\" text editor in the -sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely -available. For most purposes, however, it is superseded by -full-screen editors such as GNU Emacs or GNU Moe.") + "Ed is a line-oriented text editor: rather than offering an overview of +a document, ed performs editing one line at a time. It can be operated both +interactively and via shell scripts. Its method of command input allows +complex tasks to be performed in an automated way, however it has largely +been superceded by full-screen editors like Emacs or Moe.") (license gpl3+))) |