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Re: Bug#155376: what is default editor in /bin



Oohara Yuuma <oohara@libra.interq.or.jp> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 10:10:17 -0700,
> Craig Dickson <crdic@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> Is there any reason that nvi could not be moved to /bin and made
>> eligible for "root default editor" status?
> the holy war against emacs

> Seriously, I don't care if nvi is in /bin, but it should have lower
> priority than nano.  The vi key-binding is as confusing as the dselect
> key-binding for "I can't type without seeing the keyboard" (or worse,
> "where's the power switch") newbies.

Ack. Why is vim's Priority for the editor-alternative 120?
                cu andreas



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