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Re: switching to vim-tiny for standard vi?



Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Will it work fine over a serial console?

Yes, vim works fine over a serial console. You might want to turn off
part of the status line if using it at less than 9600 baud.

> Is it fine for ex-Solaris/HP-UX
> /AIX admins who may have got used to nvi?

I imagine they might have gotten used to non-bash shells too; I don't
think the goal of Debian is to exactly replicate those systems, and we
should instead strive to pick default unix tools that are the commonly
recognised best of breed today.

-- 
see shy jo

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