Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:14:43 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD Message-ID: <20050618041443.GA52211@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050618023335.0f7d9b45.lists@yazzy.org> References: <20050617211950.GA41720@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050618023335.0f7d9b45.lists@yazzy.org>
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 02:33:35AM +0200, Marcin Jessa wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:19:50 -0700 > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > I have taken mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD and integrated into the > > FreeBSD source tree. This is a very lightweight full screen > > editor with builtin support for cons25 and xterm. Yes, it is > > limited in its capabilites compared with /rescue/vi, but saves > > use 360 kB of diskspace and it does not require a termcap file. > > Great, this will make a good alternative for embedded systems. phk has tersely spoken out against mined(1), so I doubt it will ever meet the FreeBSD src tree. From my search, I've found that /rescue/vi has been present since 29 Jun 03. PR bin/80256, which notes that /rescue/vi needs a termcap file, was opened on 22 Apr 2005. After a short discussion (see PR audit trail), a 4 kB termcap file was stuck in the PR and there it sits. So, we can conclude (1) that no one uses /rescue/vi, or (2) /rescue/vi alsways works because a panic usr will never ever destroy /usr/share/misc/termcap, or (3) the entire FreeBSD user base is familiar the arcane ed(1). -- Steve
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