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On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 21:49 +0100, Kamil Górnik wrote: |
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> I suffer lack of vi (vim) on stage3 since ever. It's not a big binary |
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> and still there are those who prefer vi to nano. |
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This will likely never change, sorry. |
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> Every time I install gentoo the first time I need to do after setting up |
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> the system is emerging vi before emerge -Du world. |
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...and the first step an emacs user has to do is emerge emacs... and... |
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We simply cannot win here. No matter what, we'll have people who |
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complain. Both emacs and vi are too "complex" for new users, and having |
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a text editor that is hard to use when first learning a new system is |
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simply too much to ask. You know that you need vim, so just merge it. |
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Personally, I'd rather force vi and be done with it since it's listed in |
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the POSIX standard, but I'm also a vim user, so I have a pretty clear |
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bias. This is exactly why you'll always see vim on the minimal CD, even |
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though it isn't "required" for installation. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Games Developer |