Intent to package: uedit
Hi,
I intend to package uedit. I've always bemoaned the lack of a decent
editor on Linux, but I've finally found one. For all those of you
who, like me, have long detested the bloated pig that is X11, you will
rejoice to know that this editor is console based.
This editor bypasses the bloated, useless and inefficient ncurses
library and uses it's own highly optimized textmode library for
improved performance. To do it's funky stuff the library does require
uedit to be setuid, but please, don't let these security fascists put
you off, this is functionality well worth the so-called security risk.
uedit disables consoles switching, but don't fear this is not a bug,
but rather a feature. To get maximum speed uedit will disable the
wasteful multi-tasking behaviour of Linux and make it do the Right
thing, DOS-style single-tasking. Obviously neither X nor networking
survive, yay! Network users should stop wasting bandwidth and use a
local machine.
As to placement within the Debian archive, it will have to go to
non-free as due to the haranguing and harassment of inhabitants of
comp.os.linux.* the author is loathed to reveal his secrets in case
sicko Linux-leechers try to steal his ideas, so there is no source.
People using non-i386 architectures should get a grip, get a life and
buy some real hardware.
Alas all is not good and great, there are several known bugs which
cause the editor to randomly segfault, but rest assured the author is
working on these and hopes to have them stamped out soon.
I hope you'll be as glad as I am to know that this is only the first
of many console-based tools planned by the author. I look forward to
packaging them all!
More information about this exciting program and future plans for
others like it is available at:
<URL:http://home.att.net/~SAMIGWE>
I'll take it as read that there are no objections. How could there
be?
--
James
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