Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 10:08:04 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> Cc: Jerry Dunham <dunham@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & vi Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960519100359.13257E-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199605190702.JAA12331@allegro.lemis.de>
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On Sun, 19 May 1996, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> Howcum vi has never been ported to FreeBSD, at least that FreeBSD.org > >>> will own up to? The closest I saw was vile. !!! > >> Who told you that? > > > > The FreeBSD web page. There's a page there just for editors; emacs is > > there, and jove and vile, but I didn't see vi. > > Aha. The web page shows ports of software not included in the base > system. vi is an integral part, and thus figures. I'm copying Jordan > and John on this so that they can clarify things. Yes, the "Applications" pages are simply for "add-on" software that isn't in the base FreeBSD distribution. Maybe someone ought to go through the whatis database and make up a web page advertising the "standard equipment". There is a LOT of it. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================
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