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Re: Bug#155376: what is default editor in /bin



On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 10:10:17 -0700,
Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Is there any reason that nvi could not be moved to /bin and made
> eligible for "root default editor" status?
the holy war against emacs

Seriously, I don't care if nvi is in /bin, but it should have lower
priority than nano.  The vi key-binding is as confusing as the dselect
key-binding for "I can't type without seeing the keyboard" (or worse,
"where's the power switch") newbies.

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