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		Modal editing is a weird historical contingency through sheer happenstance (buttondown.com/hillelwayne)
		5 points by Lanedo 37 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

Lanedo 37 days ago [–]

If vi didn't exist, it would not have been invented.

actionfromafar 37 days ago | [–]

ed is the standard editor

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