Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:11:16 +1000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Branson Matheson <branson.matheson@ferginc.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <199709120211.MAA00617@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:02:20 -0400." <Pine.NEB.3.96.970911135833.433O-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com>
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> > Hmmm... I for one would not want it to be the standard editor. Vi is > and always has been the standard editor for unix. I think it should > stay that way. We've had this argument already. You are welcome to your perspective, but your position lost last time, and it'd lose again. > One of the first two commands on any new boxen that I > create is: > > rm /usr/bin/ee ; ln -s /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/ee This is somehow easier than changing the EDITOR setting in root's profile? > Lets keep the unix editor the standard unix editor, vi... or at least > offer a choice ,I think there is/was somthing like that in the > /stand/sysconfig when configuring. At least for vipw. vipw, like all good tools, uses EDITOR if set or vi as a default. This isn't likely to change. All that's at issue is providing a compact DWIE editor, and vi is not this by any stretch of the imagination. mike
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