From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 18:39:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6084106564A for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lichray@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A548FC12 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so895953qwc.13 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:39:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uuOm5j+VfOtOQJxzDLE8SXWUU6o3ltIIL2MQh1Y0TdY=; b=mE8yb7O0kNbeT6IbzxEmQ29eMG6FYomBHt0SwhPp3ezb19HoHR49oETrD5WShxvk+D iXcB4SKgrltLOck5rtxNeyk9mCqwRGwxiLhLw+o6gFD9leu579bDGlNlTlqe652hVBUG S2YMK5zgRpSX+n/+t8yBkHr2YNpwYhn4C/Akk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=c5H4+ZUUTNBtdsS5BIaiEsyVdMGWbAPF39p5Dn4TF6nzCPB4AJeOSPYz0H47fRe9jx YKjSyWg10vKfKJWlpjhkz2MaXeSZKvtEvAl8t1EYDvnsj1WPUqypSlHXTU9jWBNTe08y mkm4DqBJcxa+A3scmqri/gAClYQr6PIkfspvk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.41.11 with SMTP id m11mr976684qae.155.1301078350759; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:39:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.20.19 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:39:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110325134537.GB21904@pix.net> References: <20110324111118.GF65750@cicely7.cicely.de> <20110324221757.GA20441@mud.stack.nl> <20110325094044.GA41319@mud.stack.nl> <20110325134537.GB21904@pix.net> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:39:10 -0500 Message-ID: From: Zhihao Yuan To: Kurt Lidl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Johan van Selst , Arnaud Lacombe , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Bernd Walter , Pan Tsu , ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:39:12 -0000 On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Kurt Lidl wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:40:44AM +0100, Johan van Selst wrote: >> Zhihao Yuan wrote: >> > > Could you please eleborate on the nvi-devel problems? I'm the curren= t >> > > maintainer of this port, and as far as I know it's fully functional. >> > 1. It does not support non-Unicode encodings. Actually, these >> > encodings are mainstream in multi-byte encodings world. A proper >> > iconv-awared implementation should be able to handle all of the >> > encodings in `iconv -l`; >> > 2. It depends on DB3/4. We won't accept DB3/4 in base system and we >> > won't accept nvi-devel. >> > 3. It's not 100% compatible with nvi 1.79. >> >> Thank you for explaining. Indeed, all valid points and I fully agree >> that nvi-devel is not fit for inclusion in base as it is. In fact, the >> nvi from base is probably a better starting point (than nvi-devel) to >> create an editor that is fully compatible with nvi 1.79 and supports all >> multi-byte encodings. And when you, or someone, else creates such an >> editor, I will be pleased to remove the obsoleted port of nvi-devel. > > Has anyone looked at the nvi work that has taken place in NetBSD > in the last year or so? I have checked that. It's just a latest nvi 1.85. > > I think they've put in a bunch of wide character support. =C2=A0I'm not > sure if their DB code relies on bdb newer than what is in libc or not. > > -Kurt > --=20 Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.