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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) vi |
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was the only editor available on this distro. I never bothered to learn vi. |
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I installed gentoo over a year ago - nano was a very self-explanatory text |
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editor, and it "got the job done". I've learned basic vi editing in the |
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meantime, but nano is great for new users. When I needed to edit a file, I |
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ended up botching the file more often than not with vi (as I didn't know the |
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commands or movements.) IMO, Nano is much simpler and intuitive *for non-vi |
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folk* - and the editor in use should be the same both inside and outside of |
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the stage chroot (it just Makes Sense). |
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Matt |
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