I need some help here with RPG, I want to change the login however for the
temporary I have a dumb terminal and can't get it to show the screen and let me
edit it.  I am the FW by the way.

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Is your terminal really dumb, or is it just your terminal emulation here?

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okey

Somewhere in this conference are instructions on using bbsed, a line-based
editor which even dumb terminals can handle.  It's pretty barebones, but
much safer for the novice than something like ed.

I tried bbsed and never could figure out how to use it.  

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If you're going to use a line-oriented editor, there is only one
rational choice:  ed.  8-/

If you say "help editor" in PicoSpan, you'll get a brief introduction to
"ed", although the directions would work just as well for "ex" and "es"
(all 3 editors share the same fundemental notions and compatible
commands.) Of the 3, "ed" is the most primitive, with only about 3
unhelpful error messages, no prompts, and the most primitive command
set.  Ex is considerably smarter, supports a visual mode (actually ex
and vi are one and the same program), and helpful error messages; but ex
doesn't provide any online help.  Es is generally not quite as smart,
does not provide a visual mode, but does provide useful error messages
and prompts, and includes online help, although the online text is a bit
sketchy in places.

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