Aahh, Ed. Scared the HELL out of me when I typed "ed s:user-startup" on a friends advice, back in the 500 days, and saw *that*. This thing is even more sick than vi. I mean, edit texts NOW (pretty much2007) in Ed is not normal, man. Don't tell anyone, or suffer the social consequences.
You want to use GoldED. And get girls. Girls love syntax highlighting.