Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 10:09:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 1 step forward 2 steps back Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970529100506.17877B-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <199705291221.HAA19744@horton.iaces.com>
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On Thu, 29 May 1997, Paul T. Root wrote: > In a previous message, Dan Busarow said: > > Using ee as the default editor. Ie, vipw runs ee. It's pretty > > disconcerting. I think you should dump ee, but a "I don't know > > vi. Give me a dummy editor" option in the install would be OK too. > > I disagree. I think it's reasonable that the "dummy editor" is the > proper default. Think about it. Who is more capable of changing the OK, then there should be an "I prefer vi" option. Since I rarely login as root, I don't set root's environment until I bump into this. It's just a minor hassle. I also know it was hashed out quite a while back and assume ee won. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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