Dumb "ed" question

[gwyn at Brl-Vld.ARPA]

From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn at Brl-Vld.ARPA>

I don't know exactly which version of "ed" first had the "n" command,
but it definitely was not in the earliest "ed"s.  This is only one of
many features lacking in 7th Edition/4.nBSD "ed".

In any "ed" one can get the current line number printed by
	.=
so lack of "n" is not as bad as you make it sound, although it IS a
nuisance if your habits include using it.  I can't stand the old
versions of "ed" and use the UNIX System V version myself.  Some of
the people around here like the (incompatible) JHU version "jed".