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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] requests for spells on ISO
  • Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:45:42 -0800

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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