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Re: ae2vi.rc



On 11 Jun 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Matt Porter <mporter@phx.mcd.mot.com> writes:
> 
>    Did anybody else notice that this was removed from ae?  Does anybody care
>    that there will be no vi-like editor on the potato rescue disks?
> 
> There was a long discussion about this on debian-devel (IIRC), I
> suggest you take a look at the archives.  The conclusion was that ae's
> vi-like mode was enough unlike vi that it was confusing and sometimes
> dangerous for vi users to use.

That's all I wanted to hear. :)  I personally don't care if there is a
vi-like editor on the rescue disk.  I just had to remove the .rc file from
the inclusion lists so boot-floppies didn't bomb.

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Matt Porter				Motorola Computer Group
mporter@mcg.mot.com			Real Time Software Support


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