Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:05:03 +0300 From: Pan Tsu <inyaoo@gmail.com> To: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [GSoC] About the idea: Unicode support in vi Message-ID: <86aaglx1ow.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin3Wki6bnriNgWUy5JC68MDMVc4Y444tGWcKBQ7@mail.gmail.com> (Zhihao Yuan's message of "Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:38:37 -0500") References: <AANLkTintkKzW=o%2B7Q53aMSpA1mmqC7aDF1wN8zHY_Wc%2B@mail.gmail.com> <86mxkm1erm.fsf@gmail.com> <AANLkTin3Wki6bnriNgWUy5JC68MDMVc4Y444tGWcKBQ7@mail.gmail.com>
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Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> writes: >> Why not just use "traditional vi"? >> >> http://ex-vi.sourceforge.net/ (lives under editors/2bsd-vi) > > This one lacks of many feature, compared with nvi. nvi also lacks some features, e.g. lisp, modelines, sourceany. ex-vi is more lightweight # both built with DEBUG_FLAGS=-ggdb + mg(1) for reference $ du -Ah * 1.9M nvi 556K ex-vi 505K mg $ size * text data bss dec hex filename 329080 1952 4528 335560 51ec8 nvi 175675 5048 233024 413747 65033 ex-vi 128570 9760 10184 148514 24422 mg > I'm not sure whether the FreeBSD system administrators (who opens 100 > ssh sessions) agree with that to replace the nvi in base system with > this one. Do they expect more features beyond POSIX vi? > However, it's source code can be a great reference for a mbyte-capable > nvi.
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