From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.ilium.dslxtreme.com (ilium.dslxtreme.com [66.51.208.99]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A36AC3B3 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 20:54:38 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mail.ilium.dslxtreme.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B3FB0200461; Fri, 24 May 2002 18:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 18:58:09 -0700 From: Luke Ravitch To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why not vi? Message-ID: <20020525015809.GA13128@ogremage.dslxtreme.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <15598.54889.128443.652824@mantis.styx.org> <20020525002420.GA29951@wasd.dk> <20020525003216.GA4826@powerhouse.austin.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020525003216.GA4826@powerhouse.austin.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 8fc99e63-51f8-43eb-b13e-26bd13a02513 X-Archives-Hash: 2b86b7689437dc9953b7e568f8a62267 On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:32:16PM -0500, Scott J Garner wrote: > I second the motion to include vi. All these > years spent learning to use it only to be forced > to use nano breaks my heart with each gentoo > install. I vote for vi as well. And, as is mentioned later in this thread, nvi works quite well without dependency issues. And since both apps are so small (and the boot ISOs are tiny anyway), both vi and nano could be included, pleasing nearly everyone. -- Luke