From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 13:52:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C069D1065694 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:52:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7837A8FC14 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 13:52:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.193]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F9C85C21 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:57:36 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4CFF8CCD.2050106@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:49:01 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101119 Thunderbird/3.0.10 ThunderBrowse/3.3.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201012072309.oB7N9OMG072737@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Installer program for FreeBSD-9.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:52:48 -0000 On 12/08/10 11:49, Chris Hill wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > [ snip ] >> - There are small clones of standard vi, with executables >> no larger than ee, could replace ee. > > I think ee is actually a good choice for this application. vi can be a > little frustrating for those who rarely use it, and it's downright > impenetrable to someone who has never seen it before. With ee, a newb > has a fighting chance. I'll second that :)