Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:21:41 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Mark E Doner <nuintari@amplex.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi, Message-ID: <b79ecaef0906281021w202c9b63q1c3a9f403b247c09@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A47C859.9010500@amplex.net> References: <4A430505.2020909@gmail.com> <200906260955.50697.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090626040230.18f606b1.freebsd@edvax.de> <200906261033.58894.erich@apsara.com.sg> <4A47C859.9010500@amplex.net>
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2009/6/28 Mark E Doner <nuintari@amplex.net>: > Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >> On 26 June 2009 am 10:02:30 Polytropon wrote: >> >>> >>> Polytropon >>> From Magdeburg, Germany >>> >> >> big brother is watching me. >> >> An xterm just came up with this message: >> >> "The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you >> have learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. =A0To use ee (an easier b= ut >> less powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to >> /usr/bin/ee" >> >> Isn't this the best reasoning why it should stay as it is? >> > > Wouldn't it be cool if there was an option you could toss in make.conf, l= ike > VI_PREFIX=3Dfoo, which defaults to /usr of course? Then people who want t= o > move vi to /bin could rebuild world without worrying about it redoing suc= h a > move after every big upgrade, and people who don't want it moved, do > nothing. > > Not that I encourage feature creep or anything. Or: /usr/home/chris amnesiac# ln -s /rescue/vi /bin/vi ### Stop anything meddling with vi! /usr/home/chris amnesiac# chflags -h schg /bin/vi Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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