From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 28 17:22:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C3FC1065673 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D1918FC08 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so3014088ewy.43 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:22:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=svRMjY5idDWmfjdlnjItIznSo0pi8Qtj3RzbW4kD6Gc=; b=vY09A3+iTnoFTQqLMomq0qay0ZYCTX/L2nW12pMVOiwUp518FH274mlaUMuZHpd4il km9tIr9o3Ulveq2AsetlOIqQWlwqhI1CDEBRV8iysKL/7T8bpuW5Owj+IKqxJCLqj9zc iVLxRG+MODFf3KU0gAOgVWIPKPbhPJVTu/0HI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oMF/bcUZUR76Qf7W7LrcyvH3SeUsCC4g96NMkA3MI/KOlW/g81uzI2IFj32k7O5wdb ogHW81BGo/VLd9Z3reuIyd6PP5MtF/bupK5ry1MOW6AiAYCGf+I3usH1HvBfth8/eKHT zy/3pH2NsEEjebTOhKmrpokP/tnovH0lxiybY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.55.208 with SMTP id k58mr1823047wec.9.1246209721108; Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:22:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A47C859.9010500@amplex.net> References: <4A430505.2020909@gmail.com> <200906260955.50697.erich@apsara.com.sg> <20090626040230.18f606b1.freebsd@edvax.de> <200906261033.58894.erich@apsara.com.sg> <4A47C859.9010500@amplex.net> From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:21:41 +0100 Message-ID: To: Mark E Doner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi, X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:22:02 -0000 2009/6/28 Mark E Doner : > Erich Dollansky wrote: >> >> On 26 June 2009 am 10:02:30 Polytropon wrote: >> >>> >>> Polytropon >>> From Magdeburg, Germany >>> >> >> big brother is watching me. >> >> An xterm just came up with this message: >> >> "The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you >> have learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. =A0To use ee (an easier b= ut >> less powerful editor) instead, set the environment variable EDITOR to >> /usr/bin/ee" >> >> Isn't this the best reasoning why it should stay as it is? >> > > Wouldn't it be cool if there was an option you could toss in make.conf, l= ike > VI_PREFIX=3Dfoo, which defaults to /usr of course? Then people who want t= o > move vi to /bin could rebuild world without worrying about it redoing suc= h a > move after every big upgrade, and people who don't want it moved, do > nothing. > > Not that I encourage feature creep or anything. Or: /usr/home/chris amnesiac# ln -s /rescue/vi /bin/vi ### Stop anything meddling with vi! /usr/home/chris amnesiac# chflags -h schg /bin/vi Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?