Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)
On 15 Jun 1998, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
>
> > Yes, but note that the current version of ae fixes a lot of these
> > problems. [I found this out while attempting to verify some
> > of my gripes about ae.]
>
> Is it just me, or does the vi mode in the current version of ae not work
> at all? I tried
>
> ae -f /etc/ae2vi.rc tst
>
> and could not even quit with :q, I had to switch consoles and kill it.
i've 'discovered' this several times when booting "linux emergency" or
"linux single" at the LILO prompt....unless you remember to run 'open' a
few times to get some more virtual consoles, the only way out is to push
the reset button. not a good thing to do to a system.
the fact is that ae is easy for some people so it should be on the
rescue disk (even though it sucks badly - personally, i find it
difficult and clumsy to use, and won't use it for anything).
joe is a nice easy editor but is much too big. i'd prefer joe on the
rescue disk but it won't fit.
elvis-tiny is small enough to fit on too (although that may have changed
now that we use slang rather than ncurses - can elvis-tiny use slang??)
and provides a decent editor for people who can't/won't use crap.
> Perhaps much of this discussion could be solved if ae managed vi keybindings
> a little better.
>
> Martin.
>
> P.S. This test was using ae version 962-20.
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craig sanders
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