How to edit file in single user mode

Matthias Buelow mkb at mukappabeta.de
Thu Dec 2 18:18:11 PST 2004


Parv wrote:

> That reminds me of my old C++ class editor project.  My version of the
> editor -- ed like commands, no regex support, menu driven --
> statically compiled w/ GCC 3.4 & stripped takes 403 kB (-O1) or 389 kB
> (-O2).  (It has yet to go through a thorough review though.  Anybody
> care to take a look?)  I suppose i could/should save a copy just in
> case.

That's pretty heavy, considering that without REs it would be roughly 
equivalent to the dreaded EDLIN.COM, which came in at around 7K. ;)

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   Matthias Buelow; mkb@{mukappabeta,informatik.uni-wuerzburg}.de


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