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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 5:27 pm, matt c wrote: |
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> From: "Chris Gianelloni" <wolf31o2@g.o> |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] install CD bloat |
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> >vim is only available outside of chroot. It is not in the stages, and |
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> >isn't available while in chroot. Personally, I HATE nano, but I think |
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> >if we're going to have an editor on the CD by default, we should pick |
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> >one and stick with it rather than trying to meet the needs of every |
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> >user's desire. After all, what's next? "I hate nano and vim, someone |
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> >put emacs on the Live CD." |
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> >I honestly think we need to differentiate the "install" CD from the |
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> >"Live" CD. The installation CD should be as minimal as possible and |
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> >able to fit on other media easily (such as USB pen drives). |
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> This is a good point. Here is a "my personal experience" story, ending with |
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> . When I first installed linux many moons ago (don't remember the distro) |
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> vi was the only editor available on this distro. I never bothered to learn |
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> vi. I installed gentoo over a year ago - nano was a very self-explanatory |
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> text editor, and it "got the job done". I've learned basic vi editing in |
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> the meantime, but nano is great for new users. When I needed to edit a |
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> file, I ended up botching the file more often than not with vi (as I didn't |
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> know the commands or movements.) IMO, Nano is much simpler and intuitive |
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> *for non-vi folk* - and the editor in use should be the same both inside |
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> and outside of the stage chroot (it just Makes Sense). |
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> Matt |
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I agree with this entirely. I just don't understand what you would need vi(m) |
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to change a few variables for. nano does a really good job and is really easy |
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to use for inexperienced users where as vi is a bit daunting. |
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Puggy |
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