update-alternatives and vi clones (was: Re: nvi 1.34-7 now available)
Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>
> Ian Murdock writes ("nvi 1.34-7 now available"):
> > nvi (1.34-7):
> > * Use `update-alternatives' to update the ex and vi links.
>
> Ian, can you tell us whether you've made the `ex' link a slave of the
> `vi' link, or arranged for them both to be primary links, and what
> priority number(s) you used ?
>
> Bill Mitchell and whoever maintains Vim will need to follow your lead.
The elvis update was uploaded last night.
I looked an the nvi package control files before doing the elvis changes.
The nvi package creates alternates for /usr/bin/vi and /usr/bin/ex,
and corresponding manpage slaves to each. It uses priority 30.
That's what you suggested when you said:
+ Each possible version of a particular piece of software needs a
+ priority number; for best results these numbers should be distinct. I
+ suggest that we use elvis=10 vim=20 nvi=30 unless someone has a better
+ idea. I don't know much about which `vi' clones are better, so input
+ here would be appreciated.
I don't want to get into the priority-assigning business, so I used
10 for elvis, as you suggested. Elvis creates alternatives for /usr/bin/vi,
/usr/bin/ex, /usr/bin/view, and /usr/bin/input, plus a corresponding
manpage slave for each.
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