Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:19:43 -0500 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> Cc: Johan van Selst <johans@stack.nl>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>, Pan Tsu <inyaoo@gmail.com>, ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi Message-ID: <AANLkTi=iEYC_Q3X2qrcaijM84SVCqWzDQ%2Bo5E9V=q%2B8F@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=WOmFMgy2g2sfh4V6D0BFo=WOQ7fFy6JuMbKz6@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikLbU--J2aVa00tzxWb9GAvjfGnUGovwYaXXqhp@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimKzTrLA%2BW4a73D=aS8fy9npeqvrS8Ua3oNKrjf@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin=Y-z-Rt0cnd3MRg0JoSWJmhC3Uh2b32Bosgfi@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimDnA6jdj-MR7J2EGAQFn=%2BRrS9h32N5UWkaDUs@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinuQG2ew4R81861Ei7Czds0pGVFaD4ExheFpnnE@mail.gmail.com> <20110324111118.GF65750@cicely7.cicely.de> <AANLkTikzpFAux=TX9n8bRgGW8CFT%2BBPfRe1JEEpwj26O@mail.gmail.com> <20110324221757.GA20441@mud.stack.nl> <AANLkTi=m=gW7D0C%2BG6hsA=Nm-tikRmbGAC1uGSwS82PR@mail.gmail.com> <20110325094044.GA41319@mud.stack.nl> <20110325134537.GB21904@pix.net> <AANLkTi=WOmFMgy2g2sfh4V6D0BFo=WOQ7fFy6JuMbKz6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> 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 curre= nt >>> > > 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 al= l >>> 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 >> > > -- > Zhihao Yuan > The best way to predict the future is to invent it. > Sorry to spam in the group... Since the application time is coming, I do need a possible mentor. I was told that nvi in the base system was not managed by a dedicated people. So I hope I can talk with someone who is free during the summer, and has some interests to help me :) --=20 Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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