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		edflsafoiewq on March 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of... There's a reason people use visual editors and not ed.

treflop on March 29, 2024 [–]

Wouldn’t remotely compare regex to ed.

I also haven’t found a use for multiple cursors.

Writing a regex is quick and easy.

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