From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 12 19:31:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id TAA15907 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 19:31:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA15892 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 19:31:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id OAA14557; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:00:43 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701130330.OAA14557@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Is it really going to be /usr/bin/ee ? In-Reply-To: <199701130206.EAA19310@smile.clinet.fi> from Heikki Suonsivu at "Jan 13, 97 04:06:37 am" To: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:00:42 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Heikki Suonsivu stands accused of saying: > > Is FreeBSD project really going to push /usr/bin/ee as the standard > editor for FreeBSD ? Could this be reconsidered, it is really No! This discussion was had some time back. The only reason 'ee' was used was size, with the added plus that for non-vi-intimates a typewriter-style editor was easier to come to grips with. If you don't like it, change your EDITOR setting; ee is there as a default for people that aren't likely to know about it. > If the size of the editor is the problem, could the keyboard mappings > be copied from pico or emacs so that it would be in line with other > common software ? Have a chat to the 'ee' author; it's third-party software. If you know of another small, simple editor that you think would be a good replacement, and bear in mind that it needs to be suitable for people that think that DOS' 'edit' is a powerful editor, please point us at it. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[