Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:56:07 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Branson Matheson <branson.matheson@ferginc.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTN Emacs users; new Zile release Message-ID: <19970912125607.49075@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709120211.MAA00617@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 12:11:16PM %2B1000 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970911135833.433O-100000@toth.hq.ferg.com> <199709120211.MAA00617@word.smith.net.au>
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On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 12:11:16PM +1000, Mike Smith wrote: >> >> Hmmm... I for one would not want it to be the standard editor. Vi is >> and always has been the standard editor for unix. I think it should >> stay that way. > > We've had this argument already. You are welcome to your perspective, > but your position lost last time, and it'd lose again. And again. And again. But one day, who knows? Maybe it could win. I'm not going to venture much of an opinion in this one, but I do find -hackers a remarkably conservative mob. >> One of the first two commands on any new boxen that I >> create is: >> >> rm /usr/bin/ee ; ln -s /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/ee > > This is somehow easier than changing the EDITOR setting in root's > profile? No, it's perverse. If you don't want ee, remove it. But don't try to make it vi. Greg
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