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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Vladimír Marek <vlmarek AT volny.cz>:
> On Pá, dub 02, 2004 at 12:35:19 +1000, Hamish Greig wrote:
> [blah]
> vim
> [blah]
> 
> > 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 don't know elvis much, but I believe that for install and rescue it's
> more than enough. But _I think_ that everyone who likes vi-like editing
> installs vim as one of first things, I would replace elvis with vim
> completely, since the only advantage it has is that it's a bit smaller
> (afaik). 0.86M versus 2.29M
<snip>

And since we're trying to slim the ISO down, elvis is a good choice for the 
ISO.
;) Hence I say have elvis on the ISO, but not vim.

-sandalle

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