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Date:      Tue, 7 Oct 1997 15:46:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Status of perl and tcl in vi? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.96.971007154103.5029U-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
In-Reply-To: <28450.876261338@coconut.itojun.org>

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>>> If we could get perl upgraded to perl5 in the tree, we could include
>>> it too, heck.  Bloat that vi binary! ;-)
>>AAAARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
>
>	I believe we'd better have very plain configuration (yes, no perl,
>	no tcl) in /usr/bin/vi , and have ports directory for vi + tcl/perl.
>	editors/nvi should be a good starting point.

Is it really that important?  It seems to me the people that would really
care about this would also be sufficiently strong-willed to go into the
appropriate makefile, set the appropriate flags and fire off a recompile.




Brian




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