Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)

[<aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>(Alex Yukhimets)]

> I know that this is sufficient for simple edits, and this is
> all I really know about Vi.
> 
> We should have a Debian tutorial soon (IIRC). If we have a good chapter on
> Vi in it, I think vi on the rescue disk should not be a problem.
> 
> Maybe the text you wrote could be displayed when vi is started (like emacs
> has some text at start-up) ?

This would be GREAT. Yes, I am sure it would be possible to display some intro
text on a startup when you invoke vi with no arguments. (VIM already does
this). The only question is *which* VI to put on a rescue disk. Minimally
built VIM is 350k, which is probably too much :) Also, it uses ncurses.
If there is an interest, I could dig up some other vi versions (even very old
ones) to find the smallest "free" vi.

Alex Y.

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