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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Robert Helgesson <rycee AT home.se>:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 00:35:19 +1000, Hamish Greig wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Elvis is fine, perhaps not for serious coding but I use it exclusively
> on my server and it's very nice for editing config files and such.

This is just for the initial install, after that you can put on whatever you
want.
 
> > Do people use elvis or do they change to vim after install ?
> > should elvis stay and vim be added to the list of editors ?
> 
> Elvis should stay. I believe most people cast VIM after the install if
> they like the VI interface but people also have different preferences on
> how to set it up so you'll have to do a cast -r -c vim regardless.

Yep, vim is one of the first I do as well.
 
> > 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)
> 
> Personally I think removing jed from the ISO would be nice since then
> the slang library also can be removed. I don't know how many use Jed
> though. Perhaps replace it with uemacs?

Heh, I forgot about slang, so there's another reason to remove jed. I see we
have one user of jed so far, but he wouldn't mind it being removed if he's the
only one. ;)
 
> > 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 ?
> 
> For my purposes it wouldn't suffice and I suspect the setups for vim are
> quite diverse among it's smgl users. I feel that keeping elvis as the
> VI-like option is a good compromise.

elvis is vi-like enough to suite my needs during install.

-sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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