diff --git a/code/misc.lisp b/code/misc.lisp
index 9c27f7b163f967860d288f8504c381750e92b365..d812fa316e137de00129290b34fb2718c9c262bf 100644
--- a/code/misc.lisp
+++ b/code/misc.lisp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Carnegie Mellon University, and has been placed in the public domain.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/misc.lisp,v 1.34 2005/05/23 18:42:22 rtoy Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/code/misc.lisp,v 1.35 2005/07/13 12:43:58 rtoy Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
@@ -233,3 +233,8 @@
 	   (setf *standard-output* (third old-streams))
 	   (setf *error-output* (fourth old-streams)))))
   (values))
+
+(defun ed (&optional x)
+  "Default implementation of ed.  This does nothing.  If hemlock is
+  loaded, ed can be used to edit a file"
+  (values))