Bug#3146: 1.1 installation: ae doesn't work

[Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>]

Dominik Kubla:
> Just for the record: Using ae on the installation disks is definitely
> _NOT_ a good idea!  I tried to install a system using a serial console
> which does not have any supported function keys.  Ergo you cant use
> ae.  Let's stick with a standard unix editors like ed, ex or vi.  They
> are difficult to use, agreed, but they work!

I second this - let's stick with standard tools.  I know not everyone
likes vi, but it is standard (you expect it if you have some previous
unix experience) and doesn't have the problems mentioned above.  nvi
has the :viusage command - so it's not that bad even for beginners.

I would also like if vi is made the default editor for programs like
vipw, edquota etc. again (it is always possible to change this using
the EDITOR environment variable).  I just like vi better than ae :-).
Even if you normally use some other editor, it is a good idea to
know the basics of vi just in case you ever need it in emergency
(say, because emacs stopped working for some reason).  The only
problem I can see with this is that nvi is bigger - will it fit on
the install disks?

Marek