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Re: We need easier installation.



On Sat, Oct 24, 1998 at 02:08:35AM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote:
> something similar.  For example, not many people use plain nvi anymore (I
> hope -- my flame-retardant suit is at the laundry).

[4:25pm] hamish@yodeller:~> ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           12 May 14 16:41 /etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/nvi

I've never seen a good reason to switch, and plain Solaris-supplied vi
is what I use elsewhere. If I wanted to move around with the arrow
keys while in edit mode, I'd use pico :-)


Hamish
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