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  • From: Derek Moyes <sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com>
  • To: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] requests for spells on ISO
  • Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:42:17 -0600

I use jed, but hey, if I'm the only one take it off. Reducing the size of the
ISO is a Good Thing (tm). :-)

-- Derek, sorcerer AT flamesnyper.com

Quoting Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>:

> Quoting Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>:
> > optional for the new system or in the iso_root to use during install and
> > during rescue ?
> > Is elvis no good ? I don't use either so have no opinion.
> >
> > Do people use elvis or do they change to vim after install ?
> > should elvis stay and vim be added to the list of editors ?
> > I would be fine with only nano in the iso_root but respect others wishes
> > to
>
> > not use it, and if jed and elvis aren't representative of what the
> > majority
>
> > is using now then the majority's choice should be added (at least for
> install
> >
> > and for iso_root too if wanted)
> > For everything I have built caches for I have answered no to the
> > optional_depends (to simplify checking depends during install), would vim
> > built without any optional_depends turned on be ok or not ?
>
> I'd say leave elvis in, as it's a smaller clone of vi, but remove jed. I
> always
> install vim after an installation, but vim is bigger (IIRC) than elvis, and
> elvis has (most of) the functionality of vim. I never touch nano unless I
> absolutely have to.
>
> -sandalle
>
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