Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:07:41 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi Message-ID: <201103242207.p2OM7f6J009261@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:16:32 EST." <AANLkTim3hHctSJCqAu3fEpWuKXdv60Lt3pKrAiUeTBYs@mail.gmail.com>
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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: ee was added long ago by emacs afficionado jkh@ for the sys installer eg /etc/inetd.conf Small vi clones in source were available then too, on DOS 3.2 & Minix, One 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> Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context.
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