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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:03:02 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 258622] Default text editor - vi - is difficult to use for many, and most definitely not intuitive.
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Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> ---
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #1)
>Esc - q - Bang - Enter
>This is ridiculous!

vi(1) is clear, intuitive, ergonomic and well known.
You can always change default editor to ee or anything else by setting
appropriate value of $EDITOR.

>I recommend that the default editor be changed from vi to ee.
I and many users will object this, even occasionally for April Fool's day.

IMHO this is not a bug but the feature and the PR should be closed.

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