From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 5 12:32:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29CFF16A4CE; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:32:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from peedub.jennejohn.org (p213.54.251.13.tisdip.tiscali.de [213.54.251.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6076243FB1; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:32:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from peedub.jennejohn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.jennejohn.org (8.12.10/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hB5KWRcC005087; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:32:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from garyj@peedub.jennejohn.org) Message-Id: <200312052032.hB5KWRcC005087@peedub.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Message from "David O'Brien" <20031205200623.GB60766@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 21:32:27 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn cc: "Brian F. Feldman" cc: Andreas Klemm cc: Alexey Dokuchaev Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/scripts print-cdrom-packages.sh X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 20:32:33 -0000 "David O'Brien" writes: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 12:59:00AM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > "Brian F. Feldman" writes: > > > Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > > BTW, robert, if you already think of terms to "waste" time > > > > for loadable editor modules ... the only thing I'm really > > > > missing in standard vi is an extended command line with > > > > - history function > > > > - save history and > > > > - editable like everything other compiled and linked with readline lib. > ... > > > I don't think it would be exactly the most trivial thing to give nvi > > > vi-command-history, but it's certainly worth doing. It doesn't use > ... > > (x)vile already has functionality to edit thiings like search patterns > > and file names (using the arrow keys to move around). It also keeps > > track of quite a few of the last search patterns and allows scrolling > > through them using the arrow keys. > > Vim has all this, that's how it got as big as it is -- people make lists > like the above and the Vim author responds. So if we're going to import > [x]vile, we should import Vim instead as its got a larger FreeBSD > userbase. > > That said, I don't see us importing any 'vi' clones, so why is another > editor to import being suggested? > I wasn't suggesting importing another editor but rather pointing out that, if one desires the ability to edit previous input, there are already existing editors which can do that in ports so why modify nvi? IMO nvi is more than good enough as it is for the base system. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj[at]jennejohn.org gj[at]freebsd.org gj[at]denx.de