In <4A1E734E.9080809@gandalfsemporium.homelinux.com>, G T Smith wrote:
vi is something that should have been put into the dustbin of history long ago, the only reason for keeping it is legacy support. There is much talk about the desktop GUI as a barrier to Linux adoption, but the phasing out of anachronisms like vi is something that needs to be considered as being part of the same issue.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm cool with you not liking vi, and having it not be the default for new users, who will probably be more comfortable with KWrite or somesuch. However, I *want* vi available -- if I can't get it for an OS, I won't be using that OS. I also want to have that OS support the standard 'EDITOR', 'VISUAL', and 'PAGER' environment variables, at least, so I can communicate that it should always use vi for my user. I don't see any reason for removing vi. In fact, in the interest of OS interoperability, there is good reason to have it installed by default. If you think that's inappropriate, please work to modify the relevant standards. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/