Re: Full-screen editor in /bin
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:16:43 +0100
Glyn Millington <glyn@millingtons.org> wrote:
> csj <csj@mindgate.net> writes:
>
> > It seems that my lightweight editor of choice, ae (Anthony's
> > Editor), is no longer packaged for testing/unstable. Are there any
> > other full-screen editors, preferably actively maintained and with
> > emacs-like key bindings, that install in /bin?
> >
> > I need one for those dire times when I need to boot init=/bin/sh. I
> > could, of course, compile one myself and stick it in /bin. But I
> > prefer
>
>
> I believe you can persuade Joe to start with emacs keybindings by
> starting it with "jmacs"
Yes, I have joe installed. It's lightweight enough and has minimal
library dependencies (fewer than ae in fact). But it installs in
/usr/bin. I need an editor that installs in /bin and depends only on
libraries found in /lib (not /usr/lib). I need it for those times when
only my / partition is mounted (on a system where /usr is a separate
partition). So am I stuck with ed or a self-compiled statically-linked
editor? Is there any Debian policy against installing an editor in /bin?
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