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Re: elvis package



On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:13:52AM +1000, Martin Mitchell wrote:

> > We have about 4 or 5 other vi clones so there is no need for
> > re-packaging it.  If you don't need it I'd appreciate you work 
> > on better packages.
> 
> 4 or 5? No, in fact there are only 2 vi clones in main: nvi and vim.
> ae and emacs in vi-mode certainly don't count. elvis, unlike nvi and vim
> is the only one with X support. We should continue to push for it to be
> made free.

Vile is supposed to be pretty good, why not package that up instead of
elvis?  Offhand I don't know the licensing though..

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