Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Philip Hands wrote:
> > PS: If you say that a sysadmin expects "vi" to be there, link vi to ae on a
> > rescue disk. He *will* have an editor, this should be sufficient.
>
> Argh!
>
> Please don't do this. It used to drive me nuts to type vi and get ae (whether
> in ae or braindamaged-vi mode). If there is some vital reason for removing
> vi, it should be replaced with a script that says something along the lines of:
Sorry, but this feature is still in ae. It gets overridden as soon as a
"real" vi gets installed.
>
> VI is missing from this rescue disk because of space constraints, although
> it is of course a standard part of any Debian GNU/Linux system. In the mean
> time, you can use the simple editor that is available, which is called ``ae''
>
This was not considered sufficient for those who demand an executable for
vi. I tend to agree with you, but I have no problem typing ae or vi given
the right context, so I am happy to supply what the user demands, except
when two demands are contradictory of course. Here I must make a choice,
and I have chosen to leave this "crippled" vi clone in place because it
seems to satisfy some of the more vocal advocates.
Luck,
Dwarf
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