Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:14:45 -0500 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi Message-ID: <AANLkTi=ux-kevN-AjRTK47dkrrurFmiUzrThEnSkudQp@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103242207.p2OM7f6J009261@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <AANLkTim3hHctSJCqAu3fEpWuKXdv60Lt3pKrAiUeTBYs@mail.gmail.com> <201103242207.p2OM7f6J009261@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ed seems works, but it's not either vi or ex. >> I'm not typically like ee... I sill wondering why we kept it in base >> system. It does not work when termcap is not correct, so I still need >> to use ed in such a case. Same thing happens to ex-vi. > > History: > =C2=A0ee was added long ago by emacs afficionado jkh@ for the > =C2=A0sys installer eg /etc/inetd.conf > =C2=A0Small vi clones in source were available then too, on DOS 3.2 & Min= ix, > =C2=A0One was called Stevie, I can't remember the others. > > Replacing ee with a mini vi clone would be a return to Unix. > One would need to co-ordinate on <sysinstall@freebsd.org> O-O-Ok... Let emacs guys do emacs stuff. I need to go looking for a possible mentor on nvi... > > Cheers, > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix= .com > =C2=A0Mail plain text; =C2=A0Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. > =C2=A0Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative = context. > --=20 Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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