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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from Darkmere.psychozone (foo.stahl.nu [194.18.231.27]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4476AAC3D7 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 21:34:42 -0500 (CDT) Received: from Darkmere.psychozone (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Darkmere.psychozone (Postfix) with SMTP id 33E6C4AB74 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 04:34:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 04:34:18 +0200 From: Spider To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Why not vi? Message-Id: <20020525043418.201ac026.spider@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20020525015809.GA13128@ogremage.dslxtreme.com> References: <15598.54889.128443.652824@mantis.styx.org> <20020525002420.GA29951@wasd.dk> <20020525003216.GA4826@powerhouse.austin.rr.com> <20020525015809.GA13128@ogremage.dslxtreme.com> Organization: Chaotic X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=.VrBmLeayRw7619" 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: 57222fad-0206-40bf-aaf8-0647f1d456a7 X-Archives-Hash: 2c19ee4c0aa7bf9a9a9892b2634b1f6b --=.VrBmLeayRw7619 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit begin quote On Fri, 24 May 2002 18:58:09 -0700 Luke Ravitch wrote: > 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. actually there are other constraints on the bootiso.. it has to fit inside the ramdisc, which severly hampers the avaiable size for the bootdisc system.. on the untarred system on the other hand,... //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end --=.VrBmLeayRw7619 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE87vgsZS9CZTi033kRAt8xAKCQHrulhwi/J8L4fs3M9fZmqoE9awCfQmq/ IPTyoJobsCubZVuA4pTJI/c= =ORXv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.VrBmLeayRw7619--