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From: Thomas Kirchner <lists@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: sys-apps is too big
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:55:02
Message-Id: 20050301145513.GA15217@halffull.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: sys-apps is too big by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 * On Mar 1 6:37, Robin H. Johnson (gentoo-dev@g.o) wrote:
2 > I proposed moving it to app-editors as I do use it manually to edit
3 > files. It's very nice when you have a strange terminal (SSH over
4 > wireless from my Handspring Visor is the current main location, simply
5 > because the environment has NO control keys of any sort, no Escape, no
6 > Ctrl, no Alt, no Meta...).
7 >
8 > It wouldn't surprise me if it's a popular editor for braille terminals
9 > either.
10
11 Good points, that I of course forgot, though it still seems that in a vast
12 majority of cases, ed wouldn't be labelled as an editor in the same way as
13 vim or emacs. I've seen people create videos/animations that play in vim,
14 but I wouldn't try to put it in media-video. :)
15 Tom